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How popular is the name Kale?
Births per year, rank history and how many Kales are alive today.
Kale (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2018 (ranked 3959th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 2013, when 20 babies were given the name, the 1247th most popular that year. Kale is one spelling of a name also recorded as Cael, Cale, Kael, Kail and Kayle; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Kale you are most likely to meet is around 12 years old. Half of all Kales born in England and Wales are between 13 and 24, and there are at least 750 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 Kale - on average, only one in every 404 such rooms contains a Kale.
How many babies are named Kale each year?
Includes all spellings: Kale, Cael, Cale, Kael, Kail, Kayle. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Kale spelling rank?
Where does the Cael spelling rank?
Where does the Cale spelling rank?
Where does the Kael spelling rank?
Where does the Kail spelling rank?
Where does the Kayle 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 Kale most popular?
Kale peaked in 2013, when 50 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Kale?
At least 750 people named Kale in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Kale?
Most living Kales are between 13 and 24; the most common age is about 12.
Is Kale becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.