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Caleb

Gender
Boy
Say it
KAY-leb
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#76 for boys
US rank, 2025
#58 for boys

Caleb is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 76th for boys in the UK (766 babies) and 58th for boys in the US (5,217 babies).

What does Caleb mean?

Hebrew

In the Bible Caleb and Joshua were the only spies who trusted God's promise to bring Israel into Canaan.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Caleb a girl's or a boy's name?

Caleb is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 766 boys in the UK and 5,217 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Caleb in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#76among boys
Babies in 2025
766about 1 in 390 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 6% in five years
Same name in a class
3.5%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 766 boys in the UK were named Caleb, making it the 76th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 76th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 1,084 boys.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Caleb than any year since 2008.

Half of all the boys named Caleb in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 921 boys in the UK were given Caleb or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #63, up from #76 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 82nd in England and Wales, 49th in Scotland and 36th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2014 (#93) and 2024 (#75).

1996Busiest: 1,084 in 20172025
Caleb in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025766#76
2024874#66
2023911#67
2022945#67
2021973#67
2020837#76
2019875#76
2018992#73
20171,084#65
20161,043#72
2015876#88
2014836#87
2013860#84
2012966#80
2011932#79
2010942#78
2009786#94
2008681#104
2007580#116
2006504#126
2005463#134
2004401#142
2003325#155
2002262#165
2001279#152
2000289#146
1999247#161
1998264#155
1997302#147
1996187#195

How popular is Caleb in the US?

Rank in 2025
#58among boys
Babies in 2025
5,217about 1 in 330 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 13% in five years
Same name in a class
4.2%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 5,217 boys in the US were named Caleb, making it the 58th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 56th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 11,665 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Caleb than any year since 1992.

Half of all the boys named Caleb in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 6,450 boys in the US were given Caleb or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #46, up from #58 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 11,665 in 20022025
Caleb in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20255,217#58
20245,795#49
20235,533#51
20225,778#52
20215,964#51
20205,616#56
20196,416#51
20186,997#45
20177,154#50
20167,982#44
20158,826#37
20149,245#35
20139,612#32
20129,977#32
201110,040#32
201010,485#32
200911,001#31
200810,579#34
200710,954#36
200611,001#34
200510,894#35
200411,307#33
200311,643#34
200211,665#35
200111,177#37
20009,866#38
19999,281#41
19989,028#42
19977,775#47
19967,550#48
19956,655#54
19946,161#60
19935,788#66
19925,042#74
19914,864#78
19904,154#88
19893,788#91
19882,817#108
19872,502#115
19862,097#131
19852,083#136
19841,650#163
19831,716#159
19821,583#170
19811,428#175
1980980#235
1979860#247
1978702#275
1977712#274
1976525#330
1975415#381
1974301#460
1973185#584
1972114#740
1971104#789
197094#832
196977#873
196861#930
196736#1,252
196663#916
196541#1,189
196458#989
196347#1,120
196246#1,136
196139#1,261
196050#1,097
195945#1,155
195855#1,025
195745#1,150
195648#1,091
195540#1,180
195433#1,310
195336#1,244
195239#1,181
195139#1,149
195036#1,202
194931#1,296
194838#1,159
194744#1,092
194632#1,235
194519#1,535
194425#1,327
194332#1,214
194228#1,316
194133#1,152
194030#1,227
193930#1,194
193837#1,062
193727#1,288
193629#1,225
193528#1,273
193439#1,038
193337#1,078
193243#1,004
193125#1,394
193021#1,602
192929#1,312
192826#1,448
192743#1,080
192639#1,144
192556#900
192444#1,071
192337#1,177
192252#977
192138#1,159
192052#960
191934#1,207
191849#949
191746#946
191639#1,028
191539#1,015
191436#907
191324#1,023
191220#1,023
191115#855
191015#782
190914#756
19088#1,021
190710#865
190614#640
19059#836
190410#760
190311#696
190211#686
19018#778
190011#784
18997#856
18987#884
18979#725
189613#592
189510#685
18946#953
189311#615
189211#640
18917#765
18908#739
188919#415
188817#464
188713#488
188614#491
188516#462
188417#450
188316#448
188225#355
188118#395
188027#325

Nicknames for Caleb

Names like Caleb

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Gabriel Hunter Elias Austin Noah Elijah Isaac Zachary Mason Grayson Jacob Lucas

Other spellings of Caleb

Kaleb Calaeb Kayleb Khaleb Cayleb Kalib Kalob Kaileb Calob

Names related to Caleb

Caeleb Calub Calib Caileb Calab

More Hebrew names

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Caleb: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/caleb, updated 20 October 2026.