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Kaleb
Pronounced /ˈkeɪ.ləb/
Rank in 2024
#278
Born in 2024
1,221
Peak year
2007 · #113
Origin
Hebrew
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,221 boys were named Kaleb, about 1 in every 1,405.
- It peaked in 2007 with 3,819 babies, ranked #113.
- It first shows up in the records in 1970.
- 85,483 boys have been named Kaleb since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Kaleb per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- 0Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.4Millennials1981–96
- 1.6Gen Z1997–12
- 1.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 506 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 11,003 babies, 0.36 per 1,000. Gen Z: 50,846 babies, 1.62 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 23,128 babies, 1.06 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Hebrew כלב (“dog”), possibly referring to a dog’s unconditional devotion to its master.
- A male given name from Hebrew, a less common modern spelling variant of Caleb.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ˈkeɪ.ləb/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Kaleb, CC BY-SA 4.0.