Kalieb
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAY-leb
- Origin
- Hebrew
Kalieb is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “dog, or wholehearted”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kalieb mean?
Hebrew: variant spelling of Caleb
“dog, or wholehearted”
A variant spelling of Caleb, one of the twelve spies Moses sent into Canaan in the Hebrew Bible.
Is Kalieb a girl's or a boy's name?
Kalieb is a boys' name.
How popular is Kalieb in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the boys named Kalieb in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kalieb in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
Names like Kalieb
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zamir Yahir Khalil Musa Hamza Ibrahim Khalid Nasir Jamir Zahir Abdiel Alijah
Names related to Kalieb
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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, “Kalieb: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kalieb, updated 20 October 2026.