Caliber
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAL-ih-ber
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Caliber is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “quality, worth”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Caliber mean?
English: English word
“quality, worth”
From the English word for a person's quality or ability, also the bore size of a gun.
Is Caliber a girl's or a boy's name?
Caliber is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Caliber in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Caliber, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2016, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 2004.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Caliber than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Caliber in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Caliber in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
Nicknames for Caliber
- Cal 10 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Caliber
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Archer, Wilder, Ledger, Wylder, Baker, Colter, Caspian, Cooper, Brewer, Walker, Oliver, Miller
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
Sources
Figures from 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, “Caliber: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/caliber, updated 20 October 2026.