# Cael (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cael/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,745 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,732 / 13 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 155, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A variant of Kyle.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 8 | 12,887 |
| 2010 | 5 | 17,521 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 272 | 805 |
| 2012 | 212 | 950 |
| 2013 | 182 | 1,052 |
| 2014 | 173 | 1,102 |
| 2015 | 145 | 1,248 |
| 2016 | 92 | 1,695 |
| 2017 | 69 | 2,036 |
| 2018 | 73 | 1,995 |
| 2019 | 57 | 2,370 |
| 2020 | 51 | 2,515 |
| 2021 | 44 | 2,828 |
| 2022 | 38 | 3,163 |
| 2023 | 42 | 2,959 |
| 2024 | 60 | 2,349 |
| 2025 | 79 | 1,945 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 9 | 1,732 |
| 2005 | 7 | 2,174 |
| 2006 | 10 | 1,744 |
| 2007 | 14 | 1,506 |
| 2008 | 7 | 2,507 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2010 | 9 | 2,199 |
| 2011 | 11 | 1,909 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.