Caleb

Meaning and origin of Caleb

Popularity of Caleb in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2025.
• Over recent years, Caleb has been rising fast (+15.4% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Caleb every 20 schools, all spellings combined.

Caleb in English-speaking countries

Caleb ranks 26^th in Northern Ireland, 37^th in Ontario (Canada) and 39^th in British Columbia (Canada), against 400^th in France.

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  26^th boys’ name184 babies in 3 years1 boy in 138+0.3% a year

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  42^nd boys’ name312 babies in 3 years1 boy in 192−0.4% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  39^th boys’ name204 babies in 3 years1 boy in 218−2.5% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  37^th boys’ name689 babies in 3 years1 boy in 247−1.9% a year

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  57^th boys’ name198 babies in 3 years1 boy in 249−3.9% a year

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  51^st boys’ name16,545 babies in 3 years1 boy in 311−2% a year

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  77^th boys’ name2,055 babies in 3 years1 boy in 402+1.1% a year

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  111^th boys’ name152 babies in 3 years1 boy in 473+3.2% a year

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. Counted as written: other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Kaleb (in French)50
• Khaleb15

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Caleb

• Lior
• Eli
• Aron
• Aksel
• Johan
• Lohan
• Gaby
• Jacob
• Haron
• Ishak
• Mady
• Imrane

See also

• →French names of Hebrew origin