Kayleb
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAY-leb
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,582 for boys
Kayleb is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “dog, or whole-hearted”. In 2025 it ranked 3,582nd for boys in the US (31 babies).
What does Kayleb mean?
Hebrew: 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.
Is Kayleb a girl's or a boy's name?
Kayleb is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kayleb in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 27 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kayleb in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kayleb in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 12 | #1,969 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 14 | #1,803 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,591 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,693 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 23 | #1,199 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,478 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,338 |
| 2010 | 27 | #1,085 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,340 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
How popular is Kayleb in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,582nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 31 about 1 in 55,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 31 boys in the US were named Kayleb, making it the 3,582nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,291st. Its busiest year was 2010, with 171 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the boys named Kayleb in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,450 boys in the US were given Kayleb or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #46, up from #3,582 for this spelling alone.
Kayleb in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #3,582 |
| 2024 | 26 | #4,069 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,053 |
| 2022 | 50 | #2,647 |
| 2021 | 43 | #2,861 |
| 2020 | 59 | #2,291 |
| 2019 | 73 | #2,000 |
| 2018 | 61 | #2,229 |
| 2017 | 85 | #1,792 |
| 2016 | 78 | #1,890 |
| 2015 | 120 | #1,427 |
| 2014 | 117 | #1,427 |
| 2013 | 138 | #1,261 |
| 2012 | 131 | #1,308 |
| 2011 | 140 | #1,240 |
| 2010 | 171 | #1,113 |
| 2009 | 156 | #1,160 |
| 2008 | 127 | #1,348 |
| 2007 | 117 | #1,400 |
| 2006 | 89 | #1,617 |
| 2005 | 68 | #1,865 |
| 2004 | 78 | #1,650 |
| 2003 | 72 | #1,699 |
| 2002 | 52 | #2,064 |
| 2001 | 60 | #1,837 |
| 2000 | 37 | #2,520 |
| 1999 | 31 | #2,718 |
| 1998 | 27 | #2,923 |
| 1997 | 37 | #2,257 |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,543 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 19 | #3,463 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,331 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
Nicknames for Kayleb
- Kay 3 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Kayleb
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Caleb, Musa, Kai, Ibrahim, Noah, Koa, Yusuf, Muhammad, Zakariya, Kayden, Asher, Jacob
Other spellings of Kayleb
Names related to Kayleb
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, “Kayleb: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kayleb, updated 20 October 2026.