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
- 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
Rank among boys' names. Kael has never cracked the top 800 here.
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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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 2007
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Iowa#218 · 1 in 977
- Utah#426 · 1 in 2,379
- Kansas#468 · 1 in 2,865
- Washington#521 · 1 in 3,377
- Minnesota#558 · 1 in 4,341
Best ever in a state: #182 in Alaska, 2003.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #218 | 17 | 1 in 977 |
| Utah | #426 | 10 | 1 in 2,379 |
| Kansas | #468 | 6 | 1 in 2,865 |
| Washington | #521 | 11 | 1 in 3,377 |
| Minnesota | #558 | 7 | 1 in 4,341 |
| Arizona | #876 | 5 | 1 in 9,059 |
| Michigan | #943 | 6 | 1 in 8,903 |
| Ohio | #1,017 | 6 | 1 in 10,960 |
| California | #1,032 | 20 | 1 in 13,074 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,090 | 5 | 1 in 12,932 |
| Georgia | #1,106 | 6 | 1 in 10,515 |
| Florida | #1,203 | 8 | 1 in 13,022 |
| Texas | #1,257 | 12 | 1 in 15,863 |
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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.
See more about Kael
- 569 spots since 2024 (#1,472 → #903)
- 1,074 spots since 2020 (#1,977 → #903)
- 437 spots since 2015 (#1,340 → #903)
- Biggest jump: 569 spots in 2025 (#1,472 → #903)
- Biggest drop: 202 spots in 2007 (#851 → #1,053)
- Debuted 1969
- Peaked 2009 at #850 (251 births)
- Births halved by 2016, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 2008–2012
- 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
- 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.
Kael in 2007
Top girls' names in 2007
Top boys' names in 2007
More about 2007
girls
1,922,617 girls got a published name in 2007; 1 in 384,523 of them was named Kael, which outranked 14.3% of the 20,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 2,948 names at #17,636; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,075,414 boys got a published name in 2007; 1 in 11,660 of them was named Kael, which outranked 92.7% of the 14,394 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,050Guadalupe179
- #1,050Irving179
- #1,050Lennon179
- #1,053Kael178
- #1,053Destin178
- #1,053Franco178
- #1,053Kalel178
- #1,059Deegan177
- #1,060Fidel176
- #1,060Landan176
Tied with 5 names at #1,053; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.