Caleb is a male first name. In very rare cases it is also used for girls.
The first name Caleb is one of the top 100 most popular boys names in the US – currently at #40 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Caleb, accounting for approximately 0.40 % of all newborn boys. In the entire USA, approximately 304,194 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Caleb. That is 0.09 % of all living Americans.
The first name Caleb has a Hebrew origin but several meanings are possible: In the Hebrew spelling the name is identical with the spelling of the word ‘kelev’, which has the meaning ‘dog’, but in the sense of ‘servant’ more precisely ‘servant of God’. In the same way, however, the name can also mean ‘faithful’, ‘loyalty’ or ‘whole hearted’.
What does it mean to be 'faithful'? A person who is faithful always holds on to a commitment to something or someone once it has been made.
Caleb Followill (*1982)
Caleb Followill is an American musician and the lead singer of the rock band 'Kings of Leon'. The band, which also includes Caleb's brothers Nathan and Jared Followill as well as cousin Matthew Followill, formed in 2000. Since then, 'Kings of Leon' achieved international success. Some of their songs reached a high chart position such as 'Sex on Fire' (2008) or 'Use Somebody' (2008).
Caleb Deschanel (*1944)
Caleb Deschanel is an American cinematographer and director who is known for his work on films such as 'The Passion of the Christ' (2004), 'The Natural' (1984) or 'Crusoe' (1988). In 1990, he directed three episodes of the popular television series 'Twin Peaks' (1990
Caleb McLaughlin (*2001)
Caleb McLaughlin is an American actor, who is best known for his role as Lucas Sinclair in the popular Netflix science fiction-horror series 'Stranger Things'. Since the series premiered in 2016, McLaughlin starred in all seasons. He also appeared in other shows and movies like 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' (2013), 'Shades of Blue and' (2016) or 'Concrete Cowboy' (2020).
Caleb Thielbar (*1987)
Caleb Thielbar is a professional baseball pitcher from Minnesota, USA. He made his MLB debut in 2013 with the Minnesota Twins but also played for the Milwaukee Brewers, the San Francisco Giants and other teams. During his career, Thielbar has been primarily used as a relief pitcher, and has shown a propensity for striking out batters and limiting walks.
Caleb Cushing (1800 - 1879)
Caleb Cushing was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat who lived in the 19th century. He was a member of the Democratic Party and served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and as U.S. Attorney General under President Franklin Pierce. He had a significant role in American politics during the mid-19th century and was known for his legal expertise, political acumen, and oratorical skills.
When you hear the name Caleb, you might first think of people. But did you know that there are also places with the name Caleb? Are you also called Caleb? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
in Bethlehem, Connecticut, is called Caleb Martin House. Parts of the house date back to the 1730s.
in November 2019, when a winter storm called Caleb swept through the Plains, Midwest and New England and caused up to six inches of snow in certain areas.
are the activities for which Caleb Smith State Park offers space. The 548-acre park is located in Suffolk County, New York.
If we dig really deep into our statistics, we find that there are very few boys' names that have been consistently popular for so long that they have been given to newborns in every single year since the beginning of our records in 1880. In fact, there are only 442 boys' names that appear in our statistics in every single year, and Caleb is one of those very special classics. At the same time, Caleb has never been more popular than it is in this century - in 2009 the name even made it to rank #31 of the most popular boys' names, easily landing in the top 100 of our SmartGenius first name statistics.
In years where the graph has no value, the name Caleb was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
...because: In 2022, 5,751 boys were born and given the name Caleb by their parents. That puts Caleb at #54 on our list of most popular boys' names. It was much less popular in 1930 - only 21 parents chose this name for their newborn son and it ranked 1,339 on the popularity scale of all boys' names.
There are only 386 different male names registered in every single state in the U.S., and Caleb is one of them. However, Caleb is not equally widespread in all states, but people in Alaska seem to particularly fancy this name – the 983 men called Caleb who live here are 0,391% of all male residents and push their name up to #67 in our SmartGenius statistics, easily placing it in the top 100 most common male names in Alaska. If you look at all the states in the USA together, you can currently find as many as 304,194 people with the name Caleb. Across all regions and age groups, this lands Caleb on position 104 in our SmartGenius ranking of the top male names – of course, the current popularity as a baby name for newborns looks somewhat different, as you can see from the statistics above.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter C is a frequent initial letter for boys’ names. This is because 5.2% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. The most common first letters of boys' names, by the way, are J, A and D.
With five letters, the name Caleb is comparatively short. In fact, 17.0% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly five letters. Only 7% of all first names are even shorter, while 75% have more than five letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
With 5.2% of all boys' names that begin with a C, this first letter is thus much more common than the average of all letters. And which boys’ name beginning with C do you think is the most common in the US? The answer is... Charles.
If your name is Caleb and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Caleb, you can simply say:
Cat
Apple
Lion
Elephant
Butterfly
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Caleb
Caleb
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
C
A
L
E
B
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
C
A
L
E
B
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Caleb sounds like this:
