Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Caleb

#110 most common boys' name of all time · #236 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#110
Rank overall
#236 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
325,003
Since 2016
62,533
Peak year
2002 #35
Best rank
#31 2009
Girls Boys peak 11,684/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Caleb is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 5,217 5,217 #58
2024 9 5,795 5,804 #49
2023 8 5,533 5,541 #51
2022 12 5,778 5,790 #52
2021 9 5,964 5,973 #51
2020 6 5,616 5,622 #56
2019 13 6,416 6,429 #51
2018 5 6,997 7,002 #45
2017 10 7,154 7,164 #50
2016 9 7,982 7,991 #44
2015 11 8,826 8,837 #37
2014 14 9,245 9,259 #35
2013 16 9,612 9,628 #32
2012 15 9,977 9,992 #32
2011 9 10,040 10,049 #32
2010 18 10,485 10,503 #32
2009 13 11,001 11,014 #31
2008 10 10,579 10,589 #34
2007 10 10,954 10,964 #36
2006 10 11,001 11,011 #34
2005 25 10,894 10,919 #35
2004 60 11,307 11,367 #33
2003 23 11,643 11,666 #34
2002 19 11,665 11,684 #35
2001 27 11,177 11,204 #37
2000 19 9,866 9,885 #38
1999 22 9,281 9,303 #41
1998 23 9,028 9,051 #42
1997 11 7,775 7,786 #47
1996 17 7,550 7,567 #48
1995 12 6,655 6,667 #54
1994 12 6,161 6,173 #60
1993 17 5,788 5,805 #66
1992 11 5,042 5,053 #74
1991 12 4,864 4,876 #78
1990 11 4,154 4,165 #88
1989 15 3,788 3,803 #91
1988 14 2,817 2,831 #108
1987 16 2,502 2,518 #115
1986 12 2,097 2,109 #131
1985 13 2,083 2,096 #136
1984 18 1,650 1,668 #163
1983 11 1,716 1,727 #159
1982 11 1,583 1,594 #170
1981 7 1,428 1,435 #175
1980 8 980 988 #235
1979 — 860 860 #247
1978 — 702 702 #275
1977 — 712 712 #274
1976 — 525 525 #330
1975 — 415 415 #382
1974 — 301 301 #460
1973 — 185 185 #584
1972 — 114 114 #741
1971 — 104 104 #789
1970 — 94 94 #833
1969 — 77 77 #873
1968 — 61 61 #932
1967 — 36 36 #1,256
1966 — 63 63 #918
1965 — 41 41 #1,194
1964 — 58 58 #990
1963 — 47 47 #1,124
1962 — 46 46 #1,140
1961 — 39 39 #1,263
1960 — 50 50 #1,098
1959 — 45 45 #1,157
1958 — 55 55 #1,027
1957 — 45 45 #1,151
1956 — 48 48 #1,094
1955 — 40 40 #1,182
1954 — 33 33 #1,311
1953 — 36 36 #1,246
1952 — 39 39 #1,183
1951 — 39 39 #1,153
1950 — 36 36 #1,203
1949 — 31 31 #1,299
1948 — 38 38 #1,162
1947 — 44 44 #1,095
1946 — 32 32 #1,237
1945 — 19 19 #1,538
1944 — 25 25 #1,331
1943 — 32 32 #1,216
1942 — 28 28 #1,317
1941 — 33 33 #1,155
1940 — 30 30 #1,230
1939 — 30 30 #1,196
1938 — 37 37 #1,064
1937 — 27 27 #1,289
1936 — 29 29 #1,226
1935 — 28 28 #1,276
1934 — 39 39 #1,040
1933 — 37 37 #1,079
1932 — 43 43 #1,006
1931 — 25 25 #1,395
1930 — 21 21 #1,610
1929 — 29 29 #1,313
1928 — 26 26 #1,451
1927 — 43 43 #1,083
1926 — 39 39 #1,145
1925 — 56 56 #903
1924 — 44 44 #1,072
1923 — 37 37 #1,178
1922 — 52 52 #978
1921 — 38 38 #1,161
1920 — 52 52 #960
1919 — 34 34 #1,208
1918 — 49 49 #950
1917 — 46 46 #947
1916 — 39 39 #1,029
1915 — 39 39 #1,016
1914 — 36 36 #907
1913 — 24 24 #1,026
1912 — 20 20 #1,030
1911 — 15 15 #862
1910 — 15 15 #788
1909 — 14 14 #764
1908 — 8 8 #1,037
1907 — 10 10 #881
1906 — 14 14 #645
1905 — 9 9 #849
1904 — 10 10 #767
1903 — 11 11 #704
1902 — 11 11 #697
1901 — 8 8 #787
1900 — 11 11 #791
1899 — 7 7 #866
1898 — 7 7 #899
1897 — 9 9 #734
1896 — 13 13 #599
1895 — 10 10 #689
1894 — 6 6 #978
1893 — 11 11 #624
1892 — 11 11 #643
1891 — 7 7 #774
1890 — 8 8 #753
1889 — 19 19 #417
1888 — 17 17 #467
1887 — 13 13 #492
1886 — 14 14 #493
1885 — 16 16 #463
1884 — 17 17 #451
1883 — 16 16 #449
1882 — 25 25 #356
1881 — 18 18 #400
1880 — 27 27 #328