Spellings
Caleb or Kaleb?
In the US in 2025, 82% of babies in this name family were spelled Caleb and 18% Kaleb. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Caleb already led in 2015, with 77% of the family's births; it has 82% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 11,481 to 6,391 births (−44%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caleb | 8,826 | 5,217 | −41% |
| Kaleb | 2,535 | 1,143 | −55% |
| Kayleb | 120 | 31 | −74% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈkeɪləb/ (KAY-lub). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Caleb 130 births (#372 among boys) and Kaleb 20 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
Which spelling is yours?
The one-minute style quiz.