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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Kalob

Kalob was the 11325th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 2000, when it ranked 1133rd with 123 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,808 places. More babies were named Kalob in the 2000s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#11,325 boys, down 29 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
6boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
2000123 babies
Total since 1880
1,677babies recorded

Kalob popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025#11,3256
2020#11,2966
2010#2,85142
2000#1,133123
1990#2,46428
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How popular is Kalob, counting every spelling?

Kalob is the most common spelling of a name family that had 11 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 11 boys in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How many kids will share the name Kalob?

6 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kalob (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kalob born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,368 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kalob.

Chance of another Kalob in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Kalob?

About 1,600 people born in the US named Kalob are alive today, with a median age of 24; half are between 19 and 29. That makes Kalob mostly worn by children and young adults.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Kalob by state

How common Kalob was among boys born in each state in 1998–2002, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Michigan (1.5×). In 42 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesIL0.01Michigan: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesMI0.07New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesIN0.06Ohio: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesOH0.04Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesCA0.02Utah: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesUT0.07Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesKY0.04West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesGA0.03Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesTX0.06Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Kalob, boys, 1998–2002. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Kalob

How popular is the name Kalob?

Kalob was the 11325th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 2000, when it ranked 1133rd with 123 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,808 places. More babies were named Kalob in the 2000s than in any other decade.

Is Kalob a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Kalob in the US.

Where was Kalob most popular?

In 1998–2002, Kalob was most common in Michigan (0.07 per 1,000 boys), followed by Utah and Texas.