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Caleb
Pronounced /ˈkeɪ.ləb/
Rank in 2024
#49
Born in 2024
5,766
Peak year
2002 · #35
Origin
Hebrew
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 5,766 boys were named Caleb, about 1 in every 297.
- It peaked in 2002 with 11,665 babies, ranked #35.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 319,054 boys have been named Caleb since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Caleb per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.2Gen X1965–80
- 2.0Millennials1981–96
- 5.3Gen Z1997–12
- 3.9Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 773 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Silent: 538 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 802 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 5,271 babies, 0.19 per 1,000. Millennials: 59,879 babies, 1.97 per 1,000. Gen Z: 166,662 babies, 5.31 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 84,847 babies, 3.91 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Late Latin Caleb, Calebus, from Koine Greek Χάλεβ (Kháleb), from Biblical Hebrew כָּלֵב (Kālēḇ), possibly related to כֶּלֶב (keleḇ, “dog”), referring to the unconditional devotion of dogs to their masters.
- A male given name from Hebrew first used by Puritans.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ˈkeɪ.ləb/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Caleb, CC BY-SA 4.0.