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.

Kal

#4,177 most common boys' name of all time · #10,237 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1947–2025

Rank among boys
#4,177
Rank overall
#10,237 of 105,966
First appeared
1947
Years on the list
68 of 146
All-time
1,256
Since 2016
586
Peak year
2021 #2,045
Best rank
#2,045 2021
Girls Boys peak 72/yr
1960198020002020

Kal first appears in 1947. 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 — 60 60 #2,314
2024 — 61 61 #2,320
2023 — 64 64 #2,230
2022 — 56 56 #2,475
2021 — 72 72 #2,045
2020 — 55 55 #2,399
2019 — 55 55 #2,432
2018 — 56 56 #2,366
2017 — 55 55 #2,360
2016 — 52 52 #2,450
2015 — 55 55 #2,365
2014 — 68 68 #2,071
2013 — 18 18 #5,023
2012 — 30 30 #3,554
2011 — 13 13 #6,325
2010 — 18 18 #5,092
2009 — 13 13 #6,500
2008 — 8 8 #9,169
2007 — 15 15 #5,706
2006 — 12 12 #6,557
2005 — 14 14 #5,638
2004 — 16 16 #5,073
2003 — 14 14 #5,333
2002 — 8 8 #7,804
2001 — 10 10 #6,554
2000 — 6 6 #9,364
1999 — 12 12 #5,397
1998 — 7 7 #7,776
1997 — 15 15 #4,309
1996 — 10 10 #5,662
1995 — 5 5 #9,156
1993 — 6 6 #7,909
1992 — 11 11 #4,997
1990 — 13 13 #4,264
1989 — 9 9 #5,307
1988 — 11 11 #4,291
1987 — 7 7 #5,678
1986 — 5 5 #7,098
1985 — 9 9 #4,496
1984 — 8 8 #4,711
1983 — 5 5 #6,602
1982 — 7 7 #5,240
1981 — 9 9 #4,311
1979 — 11 11 #3,694
1977 — 5 5 #6,224
1975 — 8 8 #4,117
1974 — 10 10 #3,458
1972 — 6 6 #4,736
1971 — 8 8 #3,834
1970 — 5 5 #5,120
1969 — 8 8 #3,502
1967 — 9 9 #2,918
1966 — 9 9 #2,936
1965 — 5 5 #4,264
1964 — 13 13 #2,394
1963 — 9 9 #3,018
1962 — 5 5 #4,446
1961 — 9 9 #3,062
1960 — 9 9 #3,042
1959 — 14 14 #2,289
1958 — 9 9 #3,007
1957 — 11 11 #2,619
1956 — 8 8 #3,180
1955 — 9 9 #2,949
1952 — 5 5 #4,184
1951 — 7 7 #3,347
1949 — 6 6 #3,667
1947 — 5 5 #4,250