boy's name

Cayleb

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,147

Cayleb is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2009, when 81 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 368,460 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1989.

Cayleb over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Cayleb by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 7
1990s 74
2000s 422
2010s 443
2020s (to 2025) 90

How popular is Cayleb?

In 2025, Cayleb was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Cayleb is used

Canada #2,588 6 in 2014
England & Wales #4,915 4 in 2024
United States #8,691 9 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Cayleb

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Cayleb also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Cayleb over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Cayleb

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Cayleb — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Cayleb

How popular is the name Cayleb?

In 2025, Cayleb was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Cayleb a girl's or a boy's name?

Cayleb is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Cayleb most popular?

Cayleb peaked in 2009, when 81 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Cayleb a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Cayleb currently ranks #8,691 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.