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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |