Names like Caleb

In 2025, 5,217 boys born in the US were named Caleb, #58 among boys' names.

It was in the top 1,000 as early as 1880, dropped out, and has been back every year since 1968.

Its best rank was #31, in 2009.

The most births in one year were 11,665, in 2002.

Births fell 41% from 8,826 in 2015.

For 4 of the 12 names below, the current unbroken run in the top 1,000 began in 1963 or later (Caleb's began in 1968).

Caleb's rank every ten years

1. 1880
   #322
2. 1890
   #687
3. 1900
   #732
4. 1910
   #737
5. 1920
   #911
6. 1930
   —
7. 1940
   —
8. 1950
   —
9. 1960
   —
10. 1970
    #812
11. 1980
    #234
12. 1990
    #88
13. 2000
    #38
14. 2010
    #32
15. 2020
    #56
16. 2025
    #58

— outside the top 1,000

12 boy names with a similar curve

How this list was made

We compared Caleb's rank in every year from 1880 to 2025 with every other boy's name in the 2025 top 1,000 (US Social Security birth records); the closest curves come first. Years outside the top 1,000 count the same however far outside, years since 1995 count four times as much, and each name appears in one spelling.