Kale

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Primarily a boy's name · 97% boys

Meaning

Kale, sometimes spelt as Kayle or abbreviated from Kalen, is a Gaelic unisex given name, although it is more commonly given to males.

From Wikipedia

Kale first appears in the data in 1917 and has been recorded in 75 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2008 with 544 babies (rank #504 that year). In 2024 it was given to 18 boys (rank #5,317). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Kale

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Kale yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

7,594
Total babies (all years)
75
Years in the data
544
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19176#3,761
192511#2,674
19375#3,796
19456#3,163
19525#4,003
19535#4,088
195612#2,437
19577#3,407
19587#3,418
19595#4,284
19609#2,971
19618#3,227
196216#2,081
196314#2,258
19649#2,962
19657#3,404
19669#2,880
196713#2,295
196816#2,069
196916#2,182
197028#1,640
197127#1,727
197220#2,048
197332#1,528
197430#1,635
197536#1,490
197632#1,660
197736#1,559
197844#1,402
197937#1,585
198043#1,455
198151#1,300
198242#1,502
198349#1,340
198465#1,126
198592#955
198683#1,016
1987119#859
1988108#920
198993#1,098
1990108#1,021
199191#1,159
1992100#1,103
1993109#1,067
1994107#1,082
199594#1,196
199693#1,210
1997103#1,173
1998137#999
1999128#1,065
2000150#990
2001158#975
2002179#904
2003184#907
2004225#802
2005264#754
2006272#767
2007382#635
2008544#504
2009521#518
2010423#591
2011424#590
2012325#722
2013259#830
2014216#971
2015177#1,097
2016101#1,607
201762#2,177
201846#2,686
201926#4,055
202025#4,081
202128#3,868
202223#4,501
202313#6,702
202418#5,317