NameTides

Kael

Kael was the #903 boys' name in the US in 2025 (263 babies), and #2,014 in England & Wales and #782 in Canada.

Kael as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kael as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Kael as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#903 (263)#2,014 (12)——#782 (34)
2024#1,472 (123)#3,255 (6)——#1,353 (16)
2023#1,662 (103)#4,992 (3)——#1,283 (16)
2022#2,269 (63)———#1,092 (20)
2021#2,079 (70)#3,017 (6)——#997 (23)
2020#1,977 (72)———#847 (28)
2019#1,592 (104)#4,702 (3)——#798 (30)
2018#1,418 (123)———#835 (28)
2017#1,695 (93)#2,324 (9)——#830 (29)
2016#1,456 (118)#3,478 (5)#592 (4)—#738 (34)
2015#1,340 (131)#2,483 (8)——#715 (35)
2014#1,174 (159)#2,964 (6)#680 (3)—#546 (50)
2013#1,155 (156)#1,404 (17)—#605 (4)#619 (42)
2012#993 (200)#3,416 (5)#568 (4)—#478 (58)
2011#983 (199)#4,647 (3)——#431 (65)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #903.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1969.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,500 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kael is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,500 to 1 in 9,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kael by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #752ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #639NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: #913PANew Jersey: #607NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #988CAUtah: #703UTColorado: #756CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #634AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #590KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #936NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #853GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #638TXFlorida: #621FL
Kael (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#29516

Kael (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KaelCanadaBoys#78234
KaelEngland & WalesBoys#2,01412
KaelIrelandBoys—too few
KaelNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KaelScotlandBoys—too few
KaelUSGirls—too few
KaelUSBoys#903263