Kael

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kael: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kael: Recorded since 1997, it reached #605 in 2013, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#605highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2859
1999	#2943
2001	#1595
2002	#2254
2003	#3467
2004	#2304
2005	#2418
2006	#1643
2007	#2741
2008	#2097
2009	#2318
2010	#2629
2011	#4647
2012	#3416
2013	#1404
2014	#2964
2015	#2483
2016	#3478
2017	#2324
2019	#4702
2021	#3017
2023	#4991
2024	#3254

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 23 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

In 2013: #605 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1404 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2859 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Kael by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kael in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	6	2 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	62	9 of 10	7
2010s	63	9 of 10	7
2020s	15	3 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kael appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #605 in Republic of Ireland in 2013.

Kael's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2483	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1404	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2318	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1643	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1595	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#605	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #605, first reached in 2013.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2013, and 16 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Kadyn · #387, 9y
Kaeden · #749, 22y
Kaela · #273, 22y
Kaelan · #358, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Cailan · #605, 24y
Leeroy · #605, 24y
Mikhail · #605, 28y
Abigale · #606, 20y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Armani · #605, 29y
Cailan · #605, 24y
Davy · #605, 29y
Leeroy · #605, 24y

Kael was ranked #605 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2013. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kael and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kael without appearing here.

Kael moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2318 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1404 and #4685.
Brent Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3416 and #2458 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1404 and #3822.
Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Kael

Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3017 and #3451 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #1461.
Matheo Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2324 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2488.
Gunnar Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2324 and #3040 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2728.
Malin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2324 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2728.

Moved the opposite way to Kael

Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kael went from #1643 to #3254 while Aksel went from #4052 to #1132.

Moved the same way as Kael

Garry Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Kael went from #2859 to #4991 and Garry from #914 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Kael went from #2859 to #4991 and Graeme from #874 to #4107.
Kelly Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Kael went from #2859 to #4991 and Kelly from #1454 to #3523.
Brooke Compare
Between 1997 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Kael went from #2859 to #4702 and Brooke from #1174 to #4702.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #605 in Republic of Ireland in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kael

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Kael by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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