Caldwell
Boy · KAWLD-wel · English
Caldwell is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “cold spring”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Caldwell mean?
English: English and Scottish place name and surname
“cold spring”
From place names in England and Scotland formed from Old English cald 'cold' and wella 'spring, stream'.
- Say it
- KAWLD-wel
Is Caldwell a girl's or a boy's name?
Caldwell is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Caldwell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Caldwell, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1918, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1906.
2025 had more boys named Caldwell than any year since 1921.
Half of all the boys named Caldwell in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1989, the years shaded on the chart below.
Caldwell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,742 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,512 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,245 |
| 1950 | 10 | #2,437 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,336 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,114 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,075 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,142 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,562 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,563 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,470 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,178 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,095 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,473 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,330 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,058 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,051 |
| 1919 | 20 | #1,694 |
| 1918 | 21 | #1,647 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,814 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,042 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,781 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,802 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,618 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,110 |
Nicknames for Caldwell
- Cal 10 boys in the UK in 2025
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