How Many People Are Named Kale?
people named Kale are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 46,306 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,605 babies named Kale 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
567 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Hawaiian form of CHARLES.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Kale, 3% were girls and 97% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kale alive today is about 23 years old, and 76% are under 30. Half of them were between 15 and 29 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kale first appears in the records in 1917 and was given most often in 2008, to 567 babies. In 2025, 11 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1917 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kale has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #504, in 2008. In 2025 it ranked #7,415.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #7,415 |
| Best rank | #504 (2008) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #708 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kale alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kale were born in Texas than in any other state: about 383 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kale was given 9.6 times as often in Montana, 6.7 times in Kansas and 6.3 times in Iowa.
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