# Kalel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kalel/  
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 | 4,415 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,400 / 15 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 243, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | 17,091 |
| 2019 | 10 | 10,098 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 171 | 1,089 |
| 2012 | 153 | 1,184 |
| 2013 | 208 | 964 |
| 2014 | 257 | 860 |
| 2015 | 243 | 896 |
| 2016 | 247 | 887 |
| 2017 | 245 | 878 |
| 2018 | 211 | 983 |
| 2019 | 233 | 936 |
| 2020 | 216 | 987 |
| 2021 | 227 | 978 |
| 2022 | 222 | 1,004 |
| 2023 | 197 | 1,091 |
| 2024 | 190 | 1,124 |
| 2025 | 180 | 1,161 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 1,788 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 16 | 1,462 |
| 2014 | 24 | 1,117 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,442 |
| 2016 | 16 | 1,570 |
| 2017 | 19 | 1,339 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,683 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,655 |
| 2020 | 12 | 1,825 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,165 |
| 2023 | 12 | 1,906 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |
| 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.