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How popular is the name Kal?
Births per year, rank history and how many Kals are alive today.
Kal (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Cal in England and Wales, ranked 3256th in 2025 and given to 6 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2013, when 13 babies were given the name, the 1706th most popular that year. It has declined since 2013; the 2025 figure is roughly 46% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Cal you are most likely to meet is around 12 years old. Half of all Cals born in England and Wales are between 8 and 23, and there are at least 380 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Cal - on average, only one in every 798 such rooms contains a Cal.
How many babies are named Kal each year?
Includes all spellings: Kal, Cal. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Kal spelling rank?
Where does the Cal spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Kal most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Cal, peaked in 2013, when 24 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Kal spelling itself peaked in 2013, with 13 babies.
How many people are called Kal?
At least 380 people named Kal in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Kal?
Most living Kals are between 8 and 23; the most common age is about 12.
Is Kal becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2013 peak.