Kale
#1,371 most common boys' name of all time · #3,280 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1917–2025
Rank among boys
#1,371
Rank overall
#3,280 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
76 of 146
All-time
7,605
Since 2016
353
Peak year
2008 #504
Best rank
#504 2008
Girls
Boys
peak 567/yr
Kale 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 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,250 |
| 2024 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,271 |
| 2023 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,577 |
| 2022 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,461 |
| 2021 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,838 |
| 2020 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,036 |
| 2019 | — | 26 | 26 | #4,034 |
| 2018 | — | 46 | 46 | #2,679 |
| 2017 | — | 62 | 62 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | — | 101 | 101 | #1,605 |
| 2015 | — | 177 | 177 | #1,098 |
| 2014 | — | 216 | 216 | #971 |
| 2013 | 5 | 259 | 264 | #830 |
| 2012 | 11 | 325 | 336 | #722 |
| 2011 | 5 | 424 | 429 | #590 |
| 2010 | 13 | 423 | 436 | #592 |
| 2009 | 15 | 521 | 536 | #517 |
| 2008 | 23 | 544 | 567 | #504 |
| 2007 | 18 | 382 | 400 | #636 |
| 2006 | 23 | 272 | 295 | #767 |
| 2005 | 10 | 264 | 274 | #754 |
| 2004 | — | 225 | 225 | #803 |
| 2003 | 5 | 184 | 189 | #906 |
| 2002 | — | 179 | 179 | #904 |
| 2001 | 6 | 158 | 164 | #973 |
| 2000 | 6 | 150 | 156 | #987 |
| 1999 | 6 | 128 | 134 | #1,065 |
| 1998 | 5 | 137 | 142 | #1,001 |
| 1997 | 7 | 103 | 110 | #1,172 |
| 1996 | — | 93 | 93 | #1,211 |
| 1995 | — | 94 | 94 | #1,197 |
| 1994 | — | 107 | 107 | #1,080 |
| 1993 | 8 | 109 | 117 | #1,065 |
| 1992 | 6 | 100 | 106 | #1,098 |
| 1991 | — | 91 | 91 | #1,158 |
| 1990 | 8 | 108 | 116 | #1,022 |
| 1989 | 6 | 93 | 99 | #1,098 |
| 1988 | 6 | 108 | 114 | #919 |
| 1987 | 6 | 119 | 125 | #859 |
| 1986 | — | 83 | 83 | #1,018 |
| 1985 | 8 | 92 | 100 | #955 |
| 1984 | 6 | 65 | 71 | #1,127 |
| 1983 | 9 | 49 | 58 | #1,337 |
| 1982 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,502 |
| 1981 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,302 |
| 1980 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,458 |
| 1979 | 5 | 37 | 42 | #1,587 |
| 1978 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,401 |
| 1977 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,559 |
| 1976 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,663 |
| 1975 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,497 |
| 1974 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,645 |
| 1973 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,540 |
| 1972 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,047 |
| 1971 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,733 |
| 1970 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,643 |
| 1969 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,181 |
| 1968 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,077 |
| 1967 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,304 |
| 1966 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 1965 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1964 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,979 |
| 1963 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,271 |
| 1962 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,090 |
| 1961 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,247 |
| 1960 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,007 |
| 1959 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,291 |
| 1958 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1957 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,439 |
| 1956 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,456 |
| 1953 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,117 |
| 1952 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,034 |
| 1945 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,245 |
| 1937 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,874 |
| 1925 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,745 |
| 1917 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,932 |