Cael Boy
How popular is Cael?
#1,942 boy name in 2025
79 baby boys were named Cael in the US in 2025, making it the 1942nd most popular boy name.
Cael popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,942 for boys (▲ 403 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 79 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-46% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,247 in 2015, #2,504 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2011 (272 boys) |
| Highest rank | #776 in 2002 |
| First recorded | 1989 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cael counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kael family of names ranked #706 for boys in 2025 (#1,039 the year before), with 349 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kael | 263 | 75% |
| Cael | 79 | 23% |
| Kaell | 7 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Cael is most popular
Babies named Cael per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Iowa: 0.2 per 1,000 (17 boys)
- Maryland: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (24 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Cael by decade
Boy names about as popular as Cael
Questions
- Is Cael a boy or girl name?
- Cael is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Cael were boys.
- How popular is the name Cael?
- 79 baby boys were named Cael in the US in 2025, making it the 1942nd most popular boy name.
- When was Cael most popular?
- Cael peaked in 2011, when 272 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #776 in 2002.
- How many people are named Cael?
- 3,745 babies have been named Cael in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,704 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Cael most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cael was most common in Iowa, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.