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How popular is “Caleb” in the USA?

Number of people named “Caleb” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Caleb” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Caleb” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Caleb” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Caleb” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Caleb” by birth year

This chart shows how “Caleb” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 27 0.000134006 27 -100%
1881 18 0.000093415 18 -100%
1882 25 0.00011285 25 -100%
1883 16 0.000073751 16 -100%
1884 17 0.000069826 17 -100%
1885 16 0.00006643 16 -100%
1886 14 0.000054834 14 -100%
1887 13 0.000052548 13 -100%
1888 17 0.000056766 17 -100%
1889 19 0.000065756 19 -100%
1890 8 0.000026543 8 -100%
1891 7 0.000024418 7 -100%
1892 11 0.000032897 11 -100%
1893 11 0.000033823 11 -100%
1894 6 0.000017715 6 -100%
1895 10 0.000028488 10 -100%
1896 13 0.000036365 13 -100%
1897 9 0.00002594 9 -100%
1898 7 0.000018351 7 -100%
1899 7 0.000020635 7 -100%
1900 11 0.00002443 11 -100%
1901 8 0.000023134 8 -100%
1902 11 0.000028443 11 -100%
1903 11 0.000028856 11 -100%
1904 10 0.000024784 10 -100%
1905 9 0.00002123 9 -100%
1906 14 0.000032676 14 -100%
1907 10 0.000021487 10 -100%
1908 8 0.000016372 8 -100%
1909 14 0.000027385 14 -100%
1910 15 0.000025393 15 -100%
1911 15 0.000023282 15 -100%
1912 20 0.000020242 20 -100%
1913 24 0.000021106 24 -100%
1914 36 0.000025418 36 -100%
1915 39 0.000021283 39 -100%
1916 39 0.000020161 39 -100%
1917 46 0.000022923 46 -100%
1918 49 0.000022569 49 -100%
1919 34 0.000016112 34 -100%
1920 52 0.000022982 52 -100%
1921 38 0.000016278 38 -100%
1922 52 0.000022716 52 -100%
1923 37 0.00001607 37 -100%
1924 44 0.000018475 44 -100%
1925 56 0.000024 56 -100%
1926 39 0.000016987 39 -100%
1927 43 0.00001854 43 -100%
1928 26 0.0000115 26 -100%
1929 29 0.000013229 29 -100%
1930 21 0.000009445 21 -100%
1931 25 0.00001188 25 -100%
1932 43 0.000020367 43 -100%
1933 37 0.000018505 37 -100%
1934 39 0.000018779 39 -100%
1935 28 0.000013398 28 -100%
1936 29 0.000013959 29 -100%
1937 27 0.000012672 27 -100%
1938 37 0.000016723 37 -100%
1939 30 0.000013615 30 -100%
1940 30 0.000013028 30 -100%
1941 33 0.000013544 33 -100%
1942 28 0.00001025 28 -100%
1943 32 0.000011337 32 -100%
1944 25 0.000009293 25 -100%
1945 19 0.000007162 19 -100%
1946 32 0.000010015 32 -100%
1947 44 0.000012214 44 -100%
1948 38 0.000011006 38 -100%
1949 31 0.000008896 31 -100%
1950 36 0.000010276 36 -100%
1951 39 0.000010587 39 -100%
1952 39 0.000010269 39 -100%
1953 36 0.000009342 36 -100%
1954 33 0.00000829 33 -100%
1955 40 0.000009962 40 -100%
1956 49 0.000011884 49 -100%
1957 45 0.000010709 45 -100%
1958 55 0.000013305 55 -100%
1959 45 0.000010823 45 -100%
1960 50 0.000012037 50 -100%
1961 39 0.000009415 39 -100%
1962 46 0.000011399 46 -100%
1963 47 0.000011874 47 -100%
1964 58 0.000014919 58 -100%
1965 41 0.000011309 41 -100%
1966 63 0.000018126 63 -100%
1967 36 0.000010604 36 -100%
1968 61 0.000018056 61 -100%
1969 77 0.000022156 77 -100%
1970 94 0.000026064 94 -100%
1971 104 0.0000303 104 -100%
1972 114 0.000036271 114 -100%
1973 185 0.000061321 185 -100%
1974 301 0.000099013 301 -100%
1975 415 0.000137445 415 -100%
1976 525 0.000173022 525 -100%
1977 712 0.000224146 712 -100%
1978 703 0.000221496 703 -100%
1979 860 0.000258491 860 -100%
1980 988 0.000286834 8 980 -98%
1981 1435 0.000414815 7 1428 -99%
1982 1593 0.00045411 11 1582 -99%
1983 1728 0.00049894 11 1717 -99%
1984 1668 0.000478108 18 1650 -98%
1985 2096 0.000587261 13 2083 -99%
1986 2110 0.000593184 12 2098 -99%
1987 2519 0.000698633 16 2503 -99%
1988 2831 0.000766162 14 2817 -99%
1989 3803 0.000989219 15 3788 -99%
1990 4165 0.001053769 11 4154 -99%
1991 4876 0.001251776 12 4864 -100%
1992 5053 0.001315449 11 5042 -100%
1993 5804 0.001539409 17 5787 -99%
1994 6173 0.001660456 12 6161 -100%
1995 6668 0.001820786 12 6656 -100%
1996 7566 0.002074471 17 7549 -100%
1997 7786 0.002147418 11 7775 -100%
1998 9051 0.00246071 23 9028 -99%
1999 9303 0.002518499 22 9281 -100%
2000 9885 0.002615146 19 9866 -100%
2001 11204 0.002993009 27 11177 -100%
2002 11684 0.003125492 19 11665 -100%
2003 11665 0.003067865 23 11642 -100%
2004 11365 0.002974412 60 11305 -99%
2005 10919 0.002839906 25 10894 -100%
2006 11011 0.002783234 10 11001 -100%
2007 10964 0.002742589 10 10954 -100%
2008 10587 0.002693437 10 10577 -100%
2009 11012 0.002882591 13 10999 -100%
2010 10502 0.002841651 18 10484 -100%
2011 10048 0.002747012 9 10039 -100%
2012 9990 0.002731473 15 9975 -100%
2013 9628 0.002640943 16 9612 -100%
2014 9257 0.002497588 14 9243 -100%
2015 8834 0.002386979 11 8823 -100%
2016 7987 0.002177067 9 7978 -100%
2017 7161 0.002002408 10 7151 -100%
2018 6999 0.001990673 5 6994 -100%
2019 6427 0.001851663 13 6414 -100%
2020 5618 0.001681745 6 5612 -100%
2021 5970 0.001762128 9 5961 -100%
2022 5784 0.001709657 12 5772 -100%
2023 5529 0.001669789 8 5521 -100%
2024 5775 0.001735015 9 5766 -100%

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