Kaileb
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAY-leb
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Kaileb is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “dog; or whole-hearted”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Kaileb mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Caleb
“dog; or whole-hearted”
Variant of Caleb, the spy who, with Joshua, urged the Israelites to trust God and enter Canaan.
Is Kaileb a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaileb is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaileb in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kaileb in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kaileb in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 13 | #1,850 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
How popular is Kaileb in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Kaileb, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 60 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.
2025 had fewer boys named Kaileb than any year since 1994.
Half of all the boys named Kaileb in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,450 boys in the US were given Kaileb or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #46, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
Kaileb in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,440 |
| 2015 | 30 | #3,590 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 31 | #3,403 |
| 2012 | 37 | #3,057 |
| 2011 | 49 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 45 | #2,681 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,202 |
| 2008 | 37 | #3,101 |
| 2007 | 33 | #3,311 |
| 2006 | 35 | #3,082 |
| 2005 | 27 | #3,524 |
| 2004 | 32 | #3,070 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 26 | #3,344 |
| 2001 | 29 | #3,056 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
Nicknames for Kaileb
- Kai 816 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kaileb
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kai, Koa, Musa, Caleb, Ibrahim, Yusuf, Muhammad, Noah, Zakariya, Lawi, Ayyub, Jacob
Other spellings of Kaileb
Names related to Kaileb
More Hebrew names
Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
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, “Kaileb: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaileb, updated 20 October 2026.