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Kalel

#1,161 in 2025Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Kalel has been given to 4,415 babies in the U.S. since 1996. In 2025 it ranked #1,161 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2014, with 257 recorded.

Babies named Kalel, 2025

1 in 18,400

Kalel 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kalel: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kalel means

Kalel is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Kalel is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,400 boys were recorded with the name Kalel between 1996 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 257 in 2014; its best national rank was #860 in 2014.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #987 in 2020 to #1,161 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #896 in 2015 to #1,161 in 2025.

In the United States, 15 girls were recorded with the name Kalel between 2017 and 2019. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2019; its best national rank was #10,093 in 2019.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Kalel?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 18,400
180 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 9,490
0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,161
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
12,767 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kalel 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 5003%

Put another way: gather 12,767 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kalel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kalels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kalel was born before 2015 — so the typical Kalel is around 10 today.

Median birth year
2015
About 10 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
48.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
98.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,400
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 48.7% of all recorded uses (2,142).

Is Kalel 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
−37
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−174
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−265
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.74×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
70.0%
Peak was 2014 (257)
Years since peak
11
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#860
2014

Spellings of Kalel

Kalel is not the most common spelling — Kyle is, with 21.4% against Kalel's 0.19%.

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 Kalel is used

Across 2016–2025, Kalel was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 4,348 boys, against 1 in 8,076 across all states with data. It was least common in South Carolina (1 in 50,000).

223 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 4,348
  2. 2New York1 in 5,882
  3. 3Arizona1 in 6,250
  4. 4North Carolina1 in 6,667
  5. 5Nevada1 in 6,667
  6. 6Texas1 in 6,667
  7. 7California1 in 7,143
  8. 8Georgia1 in 7,143

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.

Kalel around the world

Where Kalel 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
    2005–2025
    #4,275
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2006–2006
    #596
    in 2006
  • France
    2005–2025
    #1,615
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2006–2024
    #1,964
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2009–2009
    #708
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS 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.

Kalel by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,161
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 174
Best rank ever
#860
2014
Peak year
2014
257 that year
First recorded
1996
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,400
Count in 2025
180

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#10,093
2019
Peak year
2019
10 that year
First recorded
2017
Last recorded
2019
All-time count
15
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Kalel

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

KalenKaleoKalinKalobKalibKalvinKalanKalilKallenKaleKalaniKalonKalemKalmanKalumKaliKallanKaledKallumKalixKalKaleiKaleelKalev

Names with a curve like Kalel

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

CoenJuelzYadielKooperMadduxAchillesThatcherDamariIshaanRayyanJesiahKorbyn

Sibling names for Kalel

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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