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.

Kael

#2,013 most common boys' name of all time · #4,830 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1969–2025

Rank among boys
#2,013
Rank overall
#4,830 of 105,966
First appeared
1969
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
4,071
Since 2016
1,132
Peak year
2025 #903
Best rank
#851 2009
Girls Boys peak 263/yr
198020002020

Kael first appears in 1969. 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 — 263 263 #903
2024 — 123 123 #1,477
2023 — 103 103 #1,665
2022 — 63 63 #2,280
2021 — 70 70 #2,090
2020 — 72 72 #1,984
2019 — 104 104 #1,599
2018 — 123 123 #1,422
2017 — 93 93 #1,699
2016 — 118 118 #1,462
2015 6 131 137 #1,344
2014 — 159 159 #1,177
2013 — 156 156 #1,160
2012 — 200 200 #998
2011 — 199 199 #983
2010 — 203 203 #973
2009 — 251 251 #851
2008 — 248 248 #858
2007 5 178 183 #1,056
2006 5 236 241 #855
2005 — 163 163 #1,033
2004 — 145 145 #1,092
2003 — 142 142 #1,091
2002 — 117 117 #1,197
2001 — 71 71 #1,657
2000 — 35 35 #2,648
1999 — 21 21 #3,642
1998 — 16 16 #4,284
1997 — 18 18 #3,796
1996 — 15 15 #4,291
1995 — 16 16 #3,943
1994 — 16 16 #3,989
1993 — 14 14 #4,335
1992 — 10 10 #5,420
1991 — 17 17 #3,561
1990 — 9 9 #5,576
1989 — 15 15 #3,733
1988 — 10 10 #4,614
1987 — 11 11 #4,124
1986 — 13 13 #3,571
1985 — 17 17 #2,910
1984 — 8 8 #4,783
1983 — 9 9 #4,378
1982 — 5 5 #6,839
1981 — 6 6 #5,891
1980 — 6 6 #5,920
1978 — 6 6 #5,477
1977 — 6 6 #5,542
1975 — 7 7 #4,663
1973 — 5 5 #5,591
1972 — 5 5 #5,508
1969 — 8 8 #3,586