Cale Boy
How popular is Cale?
#2,718 boy name in 2025
47 baby boys were named Cale in the US in 2025, making it the 2718th most popular boy name.
Cale popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,718 for boys (▲ 496 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 47 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-66% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,279 in 2015, #2,885 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (395 boys) |
| Highest rank | #596 in 1984 |
| First recorded | 1917 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cale counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Cal family of names ranked #450 for boys in 2025 (#541 the year before), with 672 babies in all.
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 Cale is most popular
Babies named Cale per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Colorado: 0.1 per 1,000 (19 boys)
Cale by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 8 | #2,955 |
| 1920s | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1930s | 11 | #3,590 |
| 1940s | 11 | #3,369 |
| 1950s | 27 | #3,256 |
| 1960s | 119 | #989 |
| 1970s | 705 | #847 |
| 1980s | 1,390 | #596 |
| 1990s | 1,423 | #854 |
| 2000s | 2,721 | #624 |
| 2010s | 1,554 | #691 |
| 2020s | 233 | #2,718 |
Boy names about as popular as Cale
Questions
- Is Cale a boy or girl name?
- Cale is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Cale were boys.
- How popular is the name Cale?
- 47 baby boys were named Cale in the US in 2025, making it the 2718th most popular boy name.
- When was Cale most popular?
- Cale peaked in 2008, when 395 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #596 in 1984.
- How many people are named Cale?
- 8,291 babies have been named Cale in the US since 1880. We estimate about 8,007 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 24.
- Where is Cale most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cale was most common in Colorado, at 0.1 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.