Kalel
- Last seen for girls in 2019 at #9,736
- #1,159 for boys in 2025, 180 births
- Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2014 · 257 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,400since 1996
Kalel over time
Rank among boys' names. Kalel 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 | — | #1,159 | 180 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,122 | 190 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,088 | 197 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,002 | 222 | |
| 2021 | — | #977 | 227 | |
| 2020 | — | #986 | 216 | |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | #935 | 233 |
| 2018 | — | #981 | 211 | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #876 | 245 |
| 2016 | — | #885 | 247 | |
| 2015 | — | #896 | 243 | |
| 2014 | — | #859 | 257 | |
| 2013 | — | #962 | 208 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,182 | 153 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,088 | 171 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,102 | 174 | |
| 2009 | — | #978 | 203 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,046 | 181 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,053 | 178 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,091 | 161 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,838 | 70 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,193 | 53 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,470 | 42 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,755 | 34 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,321 | 26 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,536 | 23 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,103 | 26 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,466 | 11 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,100 | 9 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,982 | 9 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kalel! It came in at #5,982, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1996–1998, when fewer than 12 boys a year got the name.
Where Kalel is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Nevada#516 · 1 in 2,259
- Massachusetts#620 · 1 in 3,860
- Florida#754 · 1 in 4,777
- North Carolina#936 · 1 in 6,434
- Indiana#949 · 1 in 6,333
Best ever in a state: #350 in Nevada, 2020.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Nevada | #516 | 5 | 1 in 2,259 |
| Massachusetts | #620 | 7 | 1 in 3,860 |
| Florida | #754 | 20 | 1 in 4,777 |
| North Carolina | #936 | 8 | 1 in 6,434 |
| Indiana | #949 | 5 | 1 in 6,333 |
| New York | #950 | 13 | 1 in 6,494 |
| Ohio | #1,015 | 7 | 1 in 7,505 |
| New Jersey | #1,022 | 5 | 1 in 7,953 |
| Texas | #1,039 | 22 | 1 in 7,957 |
| Michigan | #1,113 | 5 | 1 in 8,039 |
| California | #1,150 | 17 | 1 in 10,322 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,231 | 5 | 1 in 10,452 |
| Illinois | #1,280 | 5 | 1 in 9,910 |
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See more about Kalel
- 173 spots since 2020 (#986 → #1,159)
- Biggest jump: 220 spots in 2013
- Biggest drop: 124 spots in 2010
- Debuted 1996
- Peaked 2014 at #859 (257 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 2013–2021
- Highest: 1 in 7,474 boys born in 2014 were named Kalel (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,489 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 48.7% of all boys named Kalel (2,142) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1990s | 55 | #3,103 (1999) | #5,163 |
| 2000s | 971 | #978 (2009) | #2,028 |
| 2010s | 2,142 | #859 (2014) | #977 |
| 2020s | 1,232 | #977 (2021) | #1,056 |
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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