Kail

Kail peaked in the US in 2008 at #3,103, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.

Kail as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Kail as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020
Kail as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2024#12,349 (5)——
2023#8,921 (8)——
2022#9,823 (7)——
2020#8,739 (8)——
2019#7,643 (10)——
2018#12,156 (5)——
2017#6,338 (13)——
2016#7,605 (10)——
2015#4,711 (20)——
2014#4,392 (22)—#2,667 (5)
2013#4,064 (24)#4,685 (3)—
2012#4,390 (22)—#2,158 (7)
2011#3,164 (35)—#2,330 (6)
2010#3,239 (34)—#2,350 (6)
2009#3,476 (31)—#1,448 (12)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2008 at #3,103.
  • First recorded in the US in 1962.
  • In 2009, 21% of US babies named Kail were girls.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KailCanadaBoys—too few
KailEngland & WalesBoys—too few
KailNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KailUSGirls—too few
KailUSBoys—too few