Cayleb
Boy · KAY-leb · Hebrew
Cayleb is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “dog, or whole-hearted”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Cayleb mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Kayleb, itself a spelling of Caleb
“dog, or whole-hearted”
Spelling of Caleb, the spy who with Joshua trusted God's promise of Canaan in the Book of Numbers.
- Say it
- KAY-leb
Meaning borrowed from Kayleb.
Is Cayleb a girl's or a boy's name?
Cayleb 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 Cayleb in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Cayleb in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cayleb in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
How popular is Cayleb in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Cayleb, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 81 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.
2025 had fewer boys named Cayleb than any year since 1996.
Half of all the boys named Cayleb in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,450 boys in the US were given Cayleb or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #46, up from #8,239 for this spelling alone.
Cayleb in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2017 | 30 | #3,582 |
| 2016 | 36 | #3,160 |
| 2015 | 41 | #2,863 |
| 2014 | 40 | #2,883 |
| 2013 | 56 | #2,277 |
| 2012 | 66 | #2,065 |
| 2011 | 67 | #2,016 |
| 2010 | 63 | #2,117 |
| 2009 | 81 | #1,824 |
| 2008 | 71 | #1,980 |
| 2007 | 48 | #2,564 |
| 2006 | 46 | #2,577 |
| 2005 | 26 | #3,611 |
| 2004 | 48 | #2,340 |
| 2003 | 33 | #2,918 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,255 |
| 2001 | 26 | #3,316 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
Nicknames for Cayleb
- Kay 3 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Cayleb
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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