Kale
Last seen for girls in 2013 at #16,547 · #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
Given to boys 97.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2008 · 544 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,379since 1917
Kale over time
Rank among boys' names. Kale has never cracked the top 500 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 | — | #7,194 | 11 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,241 | 18 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,517 | 13 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,442 | 23 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,814 | 28 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,020 | 25 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,003 | 26 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,674 | 46 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,170 | 62 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,605 | 101 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,096 | 177 | |
| 2014 | — | #970 | 216 | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #829 | 259 |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 | #721 | 325 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #590 | 424 |
| 2010 | #8,701 | 13 | #590 | 423 |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 | #516 | 521 |
| 2008 | #5,955 | 23 | #504 | 544 |
| 2007 | #7,092 | 18 | #635 | 382 |
| 2006 | #5,709 | 23 | #767 | 272 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | #754 | 264 |
| 2004 | — | #802 | 225 | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #905 | 184 |
| 2002 | — | #901 | 179 | |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #973 | 158 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #986 | 150 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #1,063 | 128 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #999 | 137 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | #1,169 | 103 |
| 1996 | — | #1,206 | 93 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,194 | 94 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,078 | 107 | |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #1,060 | 109 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #1,097 | 100 |
| 1991 | — | #1,155 | 91 | |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #1,021 | 108 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #1,094 | 93 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #916 | 108 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #858 | 119 |
| 1986 | — | #1,015 | 83 | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #950 | 92 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #1,123 | 65 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | #1,327 | 49 |
| 1982 | — | #1,487 | 42 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,294 | 51 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,449 | 43 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #1,570 | 37 |
| 1978 | — | #1,393 | 44 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,546 | 36 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,646 | 32 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,478 | 36 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,618 | 30 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,514 | 32 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,020 | 20 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,705 | 27 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,615 | 28 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,130 | 16 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,030 | 16 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,242 | 13 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,784 | 9 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,244 | 7 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,854 | 9 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,035 | 16 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,097 | 8 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,871 | 9 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,275 | 7 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,257 | 7 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,361 | 12 | |
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| 1953 | — | #3,798 | 5 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,734 | 5 | |
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| 1945 | — | #2,996 | 6 | |
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| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
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| 1925 | — | #2,588 | 11 | |
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| 1917 | — | #3,545 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kale! It came in at #3,545, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1924, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Kale is popular in 1984
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#257 · 1 in 1,409
- Kansas#296 · 1 in 2,906
- California#1,447 · 1 in 35,395
Best ever in a state: #109 in Montana, 2008.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #257 | 5 | 1 in 1,409 |
| Kansas | #296 | 6 | 1 in 2,906 |
| California | #1,447 | 6 | 1 in 35,395 |
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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 Kale
- 1,953 spots since 2024 (#5,241 → #7,194)
- 3,174 spots since 2020 (#4,020 → #7,194)
- 6,098 spots since 2015 (#1,096 → #7,194)
- Biggest jump: 173 spots in 1985 (#1,123 → #950)
- Biggest drop: 178 spots in 1989 (#916 → #1,094)
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 2008 at #504 (544 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 2000–2014
- Highest: 1 in 3,750 boys born in 2008 were named Kale (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 39.0% of all boys named Kale (2,879) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #3,545 (1917) | #3,545 |
| 1920s | 11 | #2,588 (1925) | #2,588 |
| 1930s | 5 | #3,518 (1937) | #3,518 |
| 1940s | 6 | #2,996 (1945) | #2,996 |
| 1950s | 41 | #2,361 (1956) | #3,402 |
| 1960s | 117 | #2,030 (1968) | #2,549 |
| 1970s | 322 | #1,393 (1978) | #1,611 |
| 1980s | 745 | #858 (1987) | #1,151 |
| 1990s | 1,070 | #999 (1998) | #1,104 |
| 2000s | 2,879 | #504 (2008) | #774 |
| 2010s | 2,059 | #590 (2011) | #1,525 |
| 2020s | 118 | #3,814 (2021) | #5,205 |
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.
Kale in 1984
Top girls' names in 1984
Top boys' names in 1984
More about 1984
girls
1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 280,636 of them was named Kale, which outranked 24.9% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,153Zeina7
- #8,153Zella7
- #8,153Zuleima7
- #9,144Kale6
- #9,144Abi6
- #9,144Addison6
- #9,144Adea6
- #10,422Aamina5
- #10,422Abimbola5
- #10,422Abrea5
Tied with 1,277 names at #9,144; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 27,767 of them was named Kale, which outranked 84.7% of the 7,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,110Long66
- #1,110Terell66
- #1,110Tracey66
- #1,123Kale65
- #1,123Dameon65
- #1,123Darell65
- #1,123Jordy65
- #1,134Channing64
- #1,134Charley64
- #1,134Crystal64
Tied with 10 names at #1,123; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.