Kalel Boy
How popular is Kalel?
#1,159 boy name in 2025
180 baby boys were named Kalel in the US in 2025, making it the 1159th most popular boy name.
Kalel popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,159 for boys (▼ 37 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 180 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-26% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #896 in 2015, #986 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2014 (257 boys) |
| Highest rank | #859 in 2014 |
| First recorded | 1996 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kalel counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kalel family of names ranked #828 for boys in 2025 (#726 the year before), with 271 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 Kalel is most popular
Babies named Kalel per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (92 boys)
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (75 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.2 per 1,000 (32 boys)
- Arizona: 0.1 per 1,000 (24 boys)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (129 boys)
Kalel by decade
Boy names about as popular as Kalel
Questions
- Is Kalel a boy or girl name?
- Kalel is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Kalel were boys.
- How popular is the name Kalel?
- 180 baby boys were named Kalel in the US in 2025, making it the 1159th most popular boy name.
- When was Kalel most popular?
- Kalel peaked in 2014, when 257 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #859 in 2014.
- How many people are named Kalel?
- 4,415 babies have been named Kalel in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,382 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Kalel most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kalel was most common in Florida, 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.