Kal
Kal is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 60 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 600.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 202172 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1947
- 1,195people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,195 boys have been named Kal in the United States since 1947, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 72 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2014, and the 2010s alone account for 35%.
By decade
In 2021, its biggest year
Kal was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2021 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and James. See all of 2021.
Names that rose and fell with Kal
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Wolfpeak 2021
- Barrettpeak 2020
- Alaricpeak 2020
- Hendrickpeak 2024
- Greypeak 2021
- Hankpeak 2024
- Westonpeak 2024
- Sulaimanpeak 2023
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.