Kalel

maleStatistical record

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

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

Kalel: Recorded every year since 2005, its highest recorded position is #596, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#596highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2005–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#3849
2006	#2538
2007	#1756
2008	#2775
2009	#2544
2010	#2941
2011	#2194
2012	#2721
2013	#1706
2014	#1370
2015	#1586
2016	#2175
2017	#2324
2018	#3011
2019	#1986
2020	#1825
2021	#2730
2022	#2165
2023	#2325
2024	#2921

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 2005 to 2024.

In 2006: #596 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2538 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2005–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #3849 among boys in England and Wales in 2005 — 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 #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Kalel 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 Kalel in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	33	5 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	104	10 of 10	10
2020s	45	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 10 births a year.

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

Kalel 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 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #596 in Republic of Ireland in 2006.

Kalel'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	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2325	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2165	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2730	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1825	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1986	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2175	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1586	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1370	18	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1706	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1756	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	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 2005 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #596, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 1 year 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.

Kaleem · #751, 29y
Kaleigh · #380, 12y
Kalem · #272, 25y
Kalen · #629, 29y

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.

Albin · #596, 17y
Bright · #596, 19y
Cale · #596, 21y
Jericho · #596, 22y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Bright · #596, 19y
Jericho · #596, 22y
Kristof · #596, 16y
Vladislav · #596, 22y

Kalel was ranked #596 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2006. 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.

Kalel 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 Kalel without appearing here.

Kalel moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2544 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1706 and #4685.
Kelly Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3011 and #3011 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1986 and #4702.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2730 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #4991.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Kalel

Gunnar Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1825 and #1935 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #2730 and #1860.
Aksel Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1586 and #1902 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #2175 and #1431.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2730 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2165 and #2018.

Moved the opposite way to Kalel

Brent Compare
Between 2005 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Kalel went from #3849 to #2165 while Brent went from #1095 to #3449.
Matheo Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kalel went from #1756 to #2921 while Matheo went from #4333 to #1517.
Ole Compare
Between 2005 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Kalel went from #3849 to #2165 while Ole went from #2754 to #4789.
Tor Compare
Between 2005 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Kalel went from #3849 to #2165 while Tor went from #1851 to #3449.

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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 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #596 in Republic of Ireland in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kalel

Kalel at a glance

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Kalel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Kalel at a glance

Kalel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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