Kael
- Last seen for girls in 2015 at #14,482
- #903 for boys in 2025, 263 births
- Given to boys 99.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2009 · 251 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,055since 1969
Kael over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kael has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #903 | 263 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,472 | 123 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,662 | 103 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,269 | 63 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,079 | 70 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,977 | 72 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,592 | 104 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,418 | 123 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,695 | 93 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,456 | 118 | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | #1,340 | 131 |
| 2014 | — | #1,174 | 159 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,155 | 156 | |
| 2012 | — | #993 | 200 | |
| 2011 | — | #983 | 199 | |
| 2010 | — | #971 | 203 | |
| 2009 | — | #850 | 251 | |
| 2008 | — | #855 | 248 | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #1,053 | 178 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #851 | 236 |
| 2005 | — | #1,032 | 163 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,090 | 145 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,090 | 142 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,191 | 117 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,648 | 71 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,621 | 35 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,591 | 21 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,197 | 16 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,738 | 18 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,185 | 15 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,854 | 16 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,911 | 16 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,227 | 14 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,236 | 10 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,462 | 17 | |
| 1990 | — | #5,382 | 9 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,618 | 15 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,450 | 10 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,959 | 11 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,440 | 13 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,828 | 17 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,552 | 8 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,141 | 9 | |
| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
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| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
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| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
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| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
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| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
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First appearance
1969
The first year at least five boys were named Kael! It came in at #3,314, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1970–1974, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kael is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Kansas#590 · 1 in 2,809
- New Jersey#607 · 1 in 3,615
- Florida#621 · 1 in 3,538
- Kentucky#625 · 1 in 3,423
- Arizona#634 · 1 in 3,272
Best ever in a state: #182 in Alaska, 2003.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | #590 | 5 | 1 in 2,809 |
| New Jersey | #607 | 11 | 1 in 3,615 |
| Florida | #621 | 27 | 1 in 3,538 |
| Kentucky | #625 | 6 | 1 in 3,423 |
| Arizona | #634 | 10 | 1 in 3,272 |
| Texas | #638 | 47 | 1 in 3,724 |
| New York | #639 | 23 | 1 in 3,671 |
| Utah | #703 | 5 | 1 in 3,933 |
| Illinois | #752 | 11 | 1 in 4,505 |
| Colorado | #756 | 6 | 1 in 4,475 |
| Georgia | #853 | 10 | 1 in 5,022 |
| Pennsylvania | #913 | 8 | 1 in 6,532 |
| North Carolina | #936 | 8 | 1 in 6,434 |
| California | #988 | 22 | 1 in 7,976 |
| Washington | #999 | 5 | 1 in 6,560 |
| Virginia | #1,089 | 5 | 1 in 7,451 |
| Ohio | #1,267 | 5 | 1 in 10,507 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 1,074 spots since 2020 (#1,977 → #903)
- Biggest jump: 569 spots in 2025
- Biggest drop: 202 spots in 2007
Rise & fade · boys
40 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1969
- Peaked 2009 at #850 (251 births)
- Births halved by 2016, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 2008–2012
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,495
- Highest: 1 in 6,495 boys born in 2025 were named Kael (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #850 in 2009, was only 1 in 7,903 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 39.1% of all boys named Kael (1,586) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8 | #3,314 (1969) | #3,314 |
| 1970s | 29 | #4,309 (1975) | #4,916 |
| 1980s | 100 | #2,828 (1985) | #4,437 |
| 1990s | 152 | #3,462 (1991) | #4,178 |
| 2000s | 1,586 | #850 (2009) | #1,228 |
| 2010s | 1,486 | #971 (2010) | #1,278 |
| 2020s | 694 | #903 (2025) | #1,727 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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