boys:
607 births since 1906
#3979 (13th percentile)
overall:
607 births since 1906
#7132 (8th percentile)
The name Caldwell is the #7,132 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 607 recorded births since 1906. This represents the 7.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,979 (13.2% percentile) for all time with 607 births since 1906.
Caldwell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1906 (first recorded for boys in 1906). Birth data for Caldwell is available in 68 out of the 118 years between 1906 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Caldwell reached its peak popularity in 1918, achieving the 3.0% percentile (ranked #515) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 1906, with 42 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). Despite a peak around 2014, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Caldwell ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 9.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Caldwell".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Caldwell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 70.5% confident that Caldwell is pronounced as KAWLD-wehl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAHLD-wehl, at 20.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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