Kel
#10,684 most common boys' name of all time · #27,115 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1956–2025
Rank among boys
#10,684
Rank overall
#27,115 of 105,966
First appeared
1956
Years on the list
34 of 146
All-time
245
Since 2016
56
Peak year
2001 #4,961
Best rank
#2,664 1963
Girls
Boys
peak 15/yr
Kel first appears in 1956. 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 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,275 |
| 2024 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,082 |
| 2023 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,549 |
| 2022 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,101 |
| 2021 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,013 |
| 2019 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,344 |
| 2018 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,981 |
| 2017 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2016 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,857 |
| 2015 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,383 |
| 2014 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,696 |
| 2012 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,016 |
| 2011 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,072 |
| 2010 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,535 |
| 2008 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,294 |
| 2004 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,146 |
| 2003 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,973 |
| 2002 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,820 |
| 2001 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 2000 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,416 |
| 1998 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,955 |
| 1997 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,774 |
| 1991 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,564 |
| 1990 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,526 |
| 1988 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,715 |
| 1972 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,770 |
| 1970 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,747 |
| 1969 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,802 |
| 1967 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,873 |
| 1965 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,490 |
| 1963 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,664 |
| 1960 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,634 |
| 1957 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,960 |
| 1956 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,929 |