Kalib
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAY-lib
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Kalib is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “dog, or whole-hearted”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Kalib mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Caleb
“dog, or whole-hearted”
A spelling of Caleb, the faithful spy who, with Joshua, urged the Israelites to enter Canaan in the Book of Numbers.
Is Kalib a girl's or a boy's name?
Kalib is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kalib in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kalib in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Kalib in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 12 | #1,852 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 8 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Kalib in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Kalib, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 96 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Kalib in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,450 boys in the US were given Kalib or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #46, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
Kalib in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,440 |
| 2015 | 32 | #3,430 |
| 2014 | 29 | #3,615 |
| 2013 | 43 | #2,713 |
| 2012 | 37 | #3,057 |
| 2011 | 58 | #2,231 |
| 2010 | 41 | #2,873 |
| 2009 | 66 | #2,076 |
| 2008 | 77 | #1,874 |
| 2007 | 73 | #1,928 |
| 2006 | 96 | #1,543 |
| 2005 | 59 | #2,077 |
| 2004 | 71 | #1,760 |
| 2003 | 64 | #1,842 |
| 2002 | 85 | #1,480 |
| 2001 | 65 | #1,739 |
| 2000 | 65 | #1,721 |
| 1999 | 59 | #1,730 |
| 1998 | 65 | #1,602 |
| 1997 | 41 | #2,123 |
| 1996 | 40 | #2,110 |
| 1995 | 32 | #2,395 |
| 1994 | 35 | #2,254 |
| 1993 | 35 | #2,204 |
| 1992 | 25 | #2,741 |
| 1991 | 29 | #2,400 |
| 1990 | 25 | #2,623 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
Nicknames for Kalib
- Cal 10 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kalib
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Muhammad Ibrahim Hamza Ahmed Abdullah Khalid Mustafa Sahib Habib Umar Uzair
Other spellings of Kalib
Names related to Kalib
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Kalib: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kalib, updated 20 October 2026.