Kaleb
Boy · KAY-leb · Hebrew
Kaleb is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “probably dog; or whole-hearted”. In 2025 it ranked 321st for boys in the UK (152 babies) and 295th for boys in the US (1,143 babies).
What does Kaleb mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Caleb
“probably dog; or whole-hearted”
Caleb was one of the twelve spies Moses sent into Canaan, and with Joshua the only one to bring back a faithful report.
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Is Kaleb a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaleb is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 152 boys in the UK and 1,143 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaleb in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #321among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 152about 1 in 2,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 152 boys in the UK were named Kaleb, making it the 321st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 351st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 185 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Kaleb than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Kaleb in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 921 boys in the UK were given Kaleb or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #63, up from #321 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 352nd in England and Wales, 219th in Scotland and 159th in Northern Ireland.
Kaleb in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 152 | #321 |
| 2024 | 162 | #309 |
| 2023 | 185 | #279 |
| 2022 | 159 | #320 |
| 2021 | 158 | #328 |
| 2020 | 144 | #351 |
| 2019 | 120 | #407 |
| 2018 | 153 | #342 |
| 2017 | 176 | #322 |
| 2016 | 160 | #338 |
| 2015 | 175 | #309 |
| 2014 | 150 | #341 |
| 2013 | 142 | #337 |
| 2012 | 164 | #313 |
| 2011 | 167 | #305 |
| 2010 | 162 | #307 |
| 2009 | 136 | #330 |
| 2008 | 100 | #413 |
| 2007 | 90 | #437 |
| 2006 | 79 | #455 |
| 2005 | 50 | #590 |
| 2004 | 50 | #565 |
| 2003 | 33 | #720 |
| 2002 | 41 | #566 |
| 2001 | 21 | #871 |
| 2000 | 44 | #510 |
| 1999 | 29 | #667 |
| 1998 | 29 | #671 |
| 1997 | 44 | #486 |
| 1996 | 16 | #940 |
How popular is Kaleb in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #295among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,143about 1 in 1,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,143 boys in the US were named Kaleb, making it the 295th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 231st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 3,819 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 16 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Kaleb than any year since 1992.
Half of all the boys named Kaleb in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,450 boys in the US were given Kaleb or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #46, up from #295 for this spelling alone.
Kaleb in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,143 | #295 |
| 2024 | 1,225 | #279 |
| 2023 | 1,241 | #271 |
| 2022 | 1,343 | #259 |
| 2021 | 1,455 | #243 |
| 2020 | 1,614 | #231 |
| 2019 | 1,789 | #213 |
| 2018 | 1,927 | #207 |
| 2017 | 2,116 | #184 |
| 2016 | 2,261 | #176 |
| 2015 | 2,535 | #164 |
| 2014 | 2,770 | #146 |
| 2013 | 2,871 | #137 |
| 2012 | 2,997 | #126 |
| 2011 | 3,344 | #116 |
| 2010 | 3,429 | #118 |
| 2009 | 3,787 | #108 |
| 2008 | 3,710 | #115 |
| 2007 | 3,819 | #113 |
| 2006 | 3,704 | #115 |
| 2005 | 3,392 | #121 |
| 2004 | 3,421 | #120 |
| 2003 | 3,403 | #118 |
| 2002 | 3,446 | #111 |
| 2001 | 3,336 | #116 |
| 2000 | 2,743 | #141 |
| 1999 | 2,332 | #159 |
| 1998 | 2,194 | #156 |
| 1997 | 1,793 | #185 |
| 1996 | 1,717 | #186 |
| 1995 | 1,435 | #206 |
| 1994 | 1,329 | #219 |
| 1993 | 1,224 | #237 |
| 1992 | 1,022 | #280 |
| 1991 | 1,023 | #265 |
| 1990 | 835 | #304 |
| 1989 | 668 | #345 |
| 1988 | 407 | #446 |
| 1987 | 334 | #483 |
| 1986 | 212 | #613 |
| 1985 | 199 | #621 |
| 1984 | 144 | #725 |
| 1983 | 170 | #655 |
| 1982 | 157 | #692 |
| 1981 | 127 | #772 |
| 1980 | 119 | #804 |
| 1979 | 99 | #875 |
| 1978 | 69 | #1,051 |
| 1977 | 80 | #954 |
| 1976 | 48 | #1,267 |
| 1975 | 35 | #1,504 |
| 1974 | 22 | #1,983 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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