CALiPH
given name · Latin script
Meaning: The holder of a monarchical title based on a claim to be a successor of Muhammad
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
CALiPH is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 1.5M(measured from records)
- JMJamaica≈1 in 194K
- TNTunisia≈1 in 294K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 118 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 194K (inferred from the name graph)
215 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
Jamaica, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
The holder of a monarchical title based on a claim to be a successor of Muhammad.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 30 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
CALiPH counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 215 | 1 in 1.5M | 214 | CALiPH | 118 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈94 est. | ≈1 in 346K | — | CALiPH | 6 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈88 est. | ≈1 in 2.4M | — | CALiPH | 6 |
| TN Tunisia | ≈40 est. | ≈1 in 294K | — | CALiPH | 1 |
| PH Philippines | ≈21 est. | ≈1 in 5.2M | — | CALiPH | 4 |
| JM Jamaica | ≈14 est. | ≈1 in 194K | — | CALiPH | 4 |
215 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020, counting the spelling caliph. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 4 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 214 | #36,737 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1974 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2003 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1999 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1976 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2001 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1995 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2011 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2008 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1992 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1983 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1979 | 8 | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name CALiPH mean, and where does it come from?
- The holder of a monarchical title based on a claim to be a successor of Muhammad. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is CALiPH a male or female name?
- CALiPH is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name CALiPH?
- In the etymology graph, Kalif and Kaliph are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does CALiPH have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 215 people named CALiPH, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled CALiPH.
- How common is the name CALiPH?
- In the United States, the national register counted 215 people named CALiPH in 2020, about 1 in 1.5 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/caliphThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “CALiPH”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.