Calib

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Calib by the numbers

Calib was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 30 babies in 2002, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Calib

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Calib. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Calebwhole-hearted, faithful7,093 in the US (2017)
  • Calixcup, chalice6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Calilfriend or companion10 in the US (2017)
  • Cali1,147 in the US (2017)
  • Calin32 in the US (2017)
  • Calvinbald; from the surname Calvin2,689 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Calib

Names that are said the same way as Calib, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Kalebwhole heart; a modern spelling of Caleb2,091 in the US (2017)
  • Kaylebdevotion to God; a modern spelling of Caleb85 in the US (2017)
  • Khalebwhole heart; a modern spelling of Caleb51 in the US (2017)
  • Kailebwhole heart; a spelling variant of Caleb29 in the US (2017)
  • Kaleabincrease; grow10 in the US (2017)
  • Kallebwhole heart; variant of Caleb7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Calib

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