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Kael

#903 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Kael has been given to 4,071 babies in the U.S. since 1969. In 2025 it ranked #903 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 263 recorded.

Babies named Kael, 2025

1 in 12,600

Kael over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kael: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kael means

Kael is a given name.

The naming story behind Kael

Wikidata records Kael as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q49835405, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,055 boys were recorded with the name Kael between 1969 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 263 in 2025; its best national rank was #851 in 2009.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,986 in 2020 to #903 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,344 in 2015 to #903 in 2025.

In the United States, 16 girls were recorded with the name Kael between 2006 and 2015. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2015; its best national rank was #15,377 in 2015.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Kael?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 12,600
263 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 6,490
0.02% of boys
Rank, 2025
#903
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
8,738 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kael sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5004%

Put another way: gather 8,738 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kael. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kaels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kael was born before 2010 — so the typical Kael is around 15 today.

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
39.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
92.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,055
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 39.1% of all recorded uses (1,586).

Is Kael rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+573
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,083
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+441
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.01×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (263)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
24.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#851
2009

Spellings of Kael

Kael is not the most common spelling — Paul is, with 39.3% against Kael's 0.11%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Kael is used

Across 2016–2025, Kael was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 9,091 boys, against 1 in 18,439 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

111 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 9,091
  2. 2Texas1 in 10,000
  3. 3Iowa1 in 12,500
  4. 4New York1 in 12,500
  5. 5California1 in 16,667
  6. 6New Jersey1 in 16,667
  7. 7Utah1 in 20,000
  8. 8Washington1 in 20,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Kael around the world

Where Kael ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2025
    #2,014
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2012–2016
    #592
    in 2016
  • Ireland
    2013–2013
    #605
    in 2013
  • France
    1979–2025
    #669
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,390
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1972–2012
    #514
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Kael

People whose public names include Kael, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Kael by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#903
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,083
Best rank ever
#851
2009
Peak year
2025
263 that year
First recorded
1969
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,055
Count in 2025
263

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#15,377
2015
Peak year
2015
6 that year
First recorded
2006
Last recorded
2015
All-time count
16
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Kael

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

CaelJaelYaelKaedenAzaelIsaelNaelMaelKaeoKaedynKaelanLaelKaesonIzaelAsaelKaelinAzraelZaelMikaelDaelKaelenKaedonWaelRael

Names with a curve like Kael

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Kael, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

HaidenKyanYairMalakiIzayahZavionTeaganKrishKellerCamrynArmaanMakhi

Sibling names for Kael

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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