Cayleb

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 28 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
28
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Cayleb by the numbers

Cayleb was given to 28 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 81 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Cayleb

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 Cayleb. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Calebwhole-hearted, faithful7,093 in the US (2017)
  • Caylen20 in the US (2017)
  • Caileb7 in the US (2017)
  • Caynespear; a variant spelling of Cain16 in the US (2017)
  • Caleystrife or battle; a form of Caolán12 in the US (2017)
  • Cuylera form of Cuyler or Cutler, occupational surname12 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Cayleb

Names that are said the same way as Cayleb, 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 Cayleb

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