How Many People Are Named Cale?
people named Cale are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 42,776 people in the US has this name
Based on 8,291 babies named Cale in Social Security records from 1917 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
409 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of CALEB.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Cale, 1% were girls and 99% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cale alive today is about 26 years old, and 64% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 36 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cale first appears in the records in 1917 and was given most often in 2008, to 409 babies. In 2025, 47 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1917 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Cale has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #596, in 1984. In 2025 it ranked #2,722.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,722 |
| Best rank | #596 (1984) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #731 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cale alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cale were born in Texas than in any other state: about 545 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cale was given 7.3 times as often in Iowa, 7.3 times in Oklahoma and 5.9 times in Kansas.
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