Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Cale

#1,308 most common boys' name of all time · #3,135 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1917–2025

Rank among boys
#1,308
Rank overall
#3,135 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
72 of 146
All-time
8,291
Since 2016
467
Peak year
2008 #624
Best rank
#597 1984
Girls Boys peak 409/yr
192019401960198020002020

Cale first appears in 1917. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 47 47 #2,730
2024 37 37 #3,233
2023 31 31 #3,644
2022 44 44 #2,887
2021 33 33 #3,446
2020 41 41 #2,894
2019 43 43 #2,862
2018 42 42 #2,859
2017 58 58 #2,275
2016 91 91 #1,714
2015 140 140 #1,281
2014 175 175 #1,095
2013 180 180 #1,055
2012 227 227 #914
2011 259 259 #833
2010 8 339 347 #691
2009 11 366 377 #670
2008 14 395 409 #624
2007 17 323 340 #715
2006 34 288 322 #742
2005 262 262 #758
2004 233 233 #779
2003 237 237 #754
2002 232 232 #748
2001 194 194 #839
2000 191 191 #840
1999 166 166 #904
1998 170 170 #855
1997 132 132 #984
1996 143 143 #918
1995 119 119 #1,017
1994 132 132 #959
1993 138 138 #917
1992 150 150 #864
1991 148 148 #863
1990 125 125 #923
1989 120 120 #928
1988 140 140 #803
1987 162 162 #719
1986 173 173 #688
1985 186 186 #643
1984 203 203 #597
1983 128 128 #768
1982 89 89 #955
1981 89 89 #956
1980 100 100 #898
1979 94 94 #904
1978 88 88 #925
1977 102 102 #850
1976 62 62 #1,064
1975 62 62 #1,062
1974 58 58 #1,088
1973 43 43 #1,261
1972 45 45 #1,244
1971 76 76 #938
1970 75 75 #925
1969 60 60 #998
1968 31 31 #1,415
1967 9 9 #2,865
1966 13 13 #2,286
1964 6 6 #3,829
1959 5 5 #4,290
1958 5 5 #4,217
1957 7 7 #3,437
1955 5 5 #4,168
1952 5 5 #4,030
1947 6 6 #3,608
1943 5 5 #3,877
1931 5 5 #4,135
1930 6 6 #3,905
1922 5 5 #4,681
1917 8 8 #3,199