Caliph
#11,531 most common boys' name of all time · #29,469 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1972–2025
Rank among boys
#11,531
Rank overall
#29,469 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
29 of 146
All-time
207
Since 2016
16
Peak year
1974 #2,942
Best rank
#2,942 1974
Girls
Boys
peak 13/yr
Caliph first appears in 1972. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,377 |
| 2019 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,093 |
| 2016 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,618 |
| 2012 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,124 |
| 2011 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,012 |
| 2010 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,097 |
| 2008 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,264 |
| 2007 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,074 |
| 2005 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,496 |
| 2004 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,803 |
| 2003 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,912 |
| 2001 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,139 |
| 2000 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,794 |
| 1999 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,240 |
| 1998 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,880 |
| 1997 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,589 |
| 1995 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,133 |
| 1994 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,166 |
| 1992 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,384 |
| 1984 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,033 |
| 1983 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,777 |
| 1980 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,991 |
| 1979 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,730 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,386 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,492 |
| 1976 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,690 |
| 1975 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,244 |
| 1974 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,942 |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,606 |