Caleb
The 2025 national count puts Caleb at #58, holding steady. Its record runs from 1880 through a 2002 peak, 324,350 children in all.
What Caleb carries
Caleb · Hebrew
“dog”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Caleb’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Caleb, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Caleb since 1880
Caleb peaked in 2002 at #35; #58 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Caleb is most common
Among the states, Caleb takes its largest share in District of Columbia, 0.71% of the boys' names recorded there in 2025, with Maryland and Hawaii next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Caleb
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Isaiah
#57 in 2025 · Hebrew
Hannah
#56 in 2025 · Hebrew
Josiah
#54 in 2025 · Hebrew
Nathan
#63 in 2025 · Hebrew
Joshua
#66 in 2025 · Hebrew
Isaac
#47 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jacob
#43 in 2025 · Hebrew
Aaron
#80 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Caleb
How popular is the name Caleb?
The 2025 national count puts Caleb at #58, holding steady. The full curve since 1880 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
Does Caleb have a meaning on record?
The reference we cite records “dog”, of Hebrew origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Which names sit near Caleb?
By our fixed recipe the closest are Isaiah, Hannah and Josiah, scored on origin, era, shape and how common they are. The sibling matcher runs the same recipe against the names already in your house.
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