Kal Boy
How popular is Kal?
#2,304 boy name in 2025
60 baby boys were named Kal in the US in 2025, making it the 2304th most popular boy name.
Kal popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,304 for boys (▲ 9 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 60 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+9% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,354 in 2015, #2,391 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (72 boys) |
| Highest rank | #2,039 in 2021 |
| First recorded | 1947 |
| 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 |
Kal 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 Kal is most popular
Babies named Kal per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- South Dakota: 0.3 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Utah: 0.2 per 1,000 (16 boys)
- Missouri: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (28 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (20 boys)
Kal by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 11 | #3,297 |
| 1950s | 63 | #2,199 |
| 1960s | 76 | #2,309 |
| 1970s | 53 | #3,316 |
| 1980s | 70 | #4,151 |
| 1990s | 79 | #4,161 |
| 2000s | 116 | #5,002 |
| 2010s | 420 | #2,062 |
| 2020s | 368 | #2,039 |
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Questions
- Is Kal a boy or girl name?
- Kal is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kal were boys.
- How popular is the name Kal?
- 60 baby boys were named Kal in the US in 2025, making it the 2304th most popular boy name.
- When was Kal most popular?
- Kal peaked in 2021, when 72 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,039 in 2021.
- How many people are named Kal?
- 1,256 babies have been named Kal in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,204 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Kal most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kal was most common in South Dakota, at 0.3 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.