Calebe

#12,344 in 2025Boys' name

Possibly dog

Calebe has been given to 22 babies in the U.S. since 1998. In 2025 it ranked #12,344 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1998, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Calebe, 2025

1 in 663,000

Calebe over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Calebe: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly dog

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Calebe means

Calebe may mean “dog”, associated with kéleb.

Origin, language, and formation

Calebe is used in Portuguese.

Calebe comes through Hebrew כלב.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Caleb.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Portuguese, Calebe is pronounced /kaˈlɛ.bi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 22 boys were recorded with the name Calebe between 1998 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1998; its best national rank was #8,612 in 1998.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Calebe?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 342,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #12,344; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 459,581 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Calebe sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Calebe. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Calebes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Calebe was born before 2012 — so the typical Calebe is around 13 today.

Median birth year: 2012; About 13 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 45.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 72.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 22; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 45.5% of all recorded uses (10).

Is Calebe rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +290; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 83.3%; Peak was 1998 (6)
Years since peak: 27; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Very steady; 0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,612; 1998

Spellings of Calebe

Calebe is not the most common spelling — Caleb is, with 75.6% against Calebe's <0.01%.

Caleb75.6%324,350
Kaleb20.2%86,649
Cale1.9%8,207
Cleve1.0%4,506
Calen0.58%2,494
Cayleb0.24%1,036
Calob0.17%733
Callie0.15%637

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Calebe by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #12,344
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #8,612; 1998
Peak year: 1998; 6 that year
First recorded: 1998
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 22
Count in 2025: 5

Names similar to Calebe

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Callyn Calhan Callon Caleab Caleo Calden Calmer Caliel Callis Caled Caledon Caladin Calaeb Calex Calvion Calisto Calvon Calyn Caliph Calieb Calvary Calip Caleob Calais

Sibling names for Calebe

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Sydni Reanna Allyssa Sydnie Breann Shyann Halie Salena

For a brother

Jarod Samual Elizabeth Brandan Garret Demarco Donavon Trever

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