Kaleb

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kaleb: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kaleb: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #75 in 2004, and it stood at #402 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
73times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#75highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#976
1997	#462
1998	#644
1999	#639
2000	#480
2001	#947
2002	#568
2003	#761
2004	#576
2005	#590
2006	#462
2007	#454
2008	#435
2009	#340
2010	#317
2011	#325
2012	#346
2013	#350
2014	#355
2015	#355
2016	#353
2017	#333
2018	#369
2019	#417
2020	#384
2021	#347
2022	#324
2023	#290
2024	#308

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #290 among boys in Scotland, #302 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #308 among boys in England and Wales, #339 among boys in Northern Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #976 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2006
Highest recorded position: #75 among boys in New Zealand, in 2004 (recorded 1997–2006).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #402 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Kaleb appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 2,605 births with the name.

Kaleb across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kaleb's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#976 (1996)	#290 (2023)	#308 (2024)	29 of 29	2,605 (1996–2024)	155 (2023)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#518 (2005)	#302 (2024)	#402 (2025)	18 of 21	108 (2005–2025)	13 (2024)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#236 (2007)	#159 (2020)	#339 (2024)	17 of 18	119 (2007–2024)	14 (2020)
New Zealand · Boys	#90 (1997)	#75 (2004)	#77 (2006)	8 of 10	492 (1997–2006)	72 (2006)

Kaleb by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kaleb in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	110	4 of 10	28
2000s	554	10 of 10	55
2010s	1,266	10 of 10	127
2020sbusiest	675	5 of 10	135

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 135 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2008 and 2009, when recorded births rose by 32, from 84 to 116.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kaleb appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #75 in New Zealand in 2004.

Kaleb's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#308	145	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#290	155	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#324	135	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#347	129	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#384	111	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#417	101	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#369	123	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#333	145	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#353	132	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#355	128	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#355	118	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#350	117	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#346	127	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#325	136	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#317	139	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#340	116	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#435	84	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#454	76	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#462	69	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#590	45	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#576	43	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#761	27	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#568	36	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#947	17	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#480	41	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#639	27	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#644	27	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#462	42	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#976	14	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	male	#77	72	High	Verified
2005	New Zealand	male	#93	51	High	Verified
2004	New Zealand	male	#75	70	High	Verified
2003	New Zealand	male	#98	53	High	Verified
2002	New Zealand	male	#79	63	High	Verified
2001	New Zealand	male	#84	63	High	Verified
1999	New Zealand	male	#82	63	High	Verified
1997	New Zealand	male	#90	57	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#249	7	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#352	4	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#266	7	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#159	14	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#234	8	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#214	9	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#253	7	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#211	10	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#243	8	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#244	7	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#231	8	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#262	6	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#291	5	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#236	7	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#402	9	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	13	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	12	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#552	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#564	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#495	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#615	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#550	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#534	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#401	9	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#490	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#290	13	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #75, first reached in 2004.

It held a top-100 place in 8 years, 6 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 155 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Kaleem · #751, 29y
Kaleigh · #380, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Shayne · #76, 34y
Cory · #77, 33y
Hailey · #73, 35y
Kayden · #77, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ellis · #76, 30y
Brody · #73, 30y
Cory · #77, 33y
Kayden · #77, 30y

Kaleb was ranked #75 in New Zealand · Boys in 2004. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kaleb and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kaleb without appearing here.

Kaleb moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2003 they stood at #761 and #695 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #576 and #1347.
Darragh Compare
In 2001 they stood at #947 and #910 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #568 and #1128.
Murray Compare
In 2003 they stood at #761 and #642 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #576 and #1038.
Garry Compare
In 1996 they stood at #976 and #573 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #462 and #914.

Moved ahead of Kaleb

Ollie Compare
In 2000 they stood at #480 and #673 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #947 and #482.
Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #249 and #272 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #339 and #164.
Tobias Compare
In 2023 they stood at #249 and #312 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #339 and #177.
Muhammad Compare
In 2021 they stood at #266 and #326 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2022 that had become #352 and #192.

Moved the opposite way to Kaleb

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaleb went from #976 to #308 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaleb went from #976 to #308 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaleb went from #976 to #308 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaleb went from #976 to #308 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Kaleb

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaleb went from #976 to #308 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaleb went from #976 to #308 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaleb went from #976 to #308 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaleb went from #976 to #308 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #75 in New Zealand in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kaleb

Kaleb at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kaleb across 4 official records

Kaleb by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Kaleb across 4 official records

Kaleb by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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