NameTides

Kel

Kel was the #12,008 boys' name in the US in 2025 (5 babies).

Kel as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Northern Ireland
Kel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020US
Kel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland. 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 & WalesNorthern Ireland
2025#12,008 (5)——
2024#9,894 (7)——
2023#12,239 (5)——
2022#10,863 (6)——
2021#10,799 (6)——
2019#8,215 (9)——
2018#10,760 (6)——
2017#12,246 (5)——
2016#9,664 (7)——
2015#12,086 (5)——
2014#7,562 (10)——
2012#10,770 (6)——
2011#10,808 (6)——
2010#12,231 (5)——
2008#11,037 (6)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2001 at #4,890.
  • First recorded in the US in 1956.

How common is it?

about 1 in 330,000 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.

Next year

On its recent trend, Kel is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 290,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 220,000 to 1 in 380,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.