Kalel

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 249 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
249
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4275
4 babies

How Kalel has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2022. Lower is more popular.
#795#938#1081201520192022#999

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#896
2016#884
2017#877
2018#983
2019#933
2020#990
2021#978
2022#999

Kalel by the numbers

In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Kalel. In the US, 249 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 257 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Kalel

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kalel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kalebwhole heart; a modern spelling of Caleb2,091 in the US (2017)
  • Kaleothe sound; voice87 in the US (2017)
  • Kalethe sea, ocean61 in the US (2017)
  • Kaleithe wreath or garland40 in the US (2017)
  • Kalilfriend, companion24 in the US (2017)
  • Kaleelfriend; a form of khalil13 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kalel

Names that are said the same way as Kalel, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Khalilfriend; one who is close128 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kahlilfriend, companion83 in the US (2017)
  • Khaleelfriend, companion32 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Calilfriend or companion10 in the US (2017)
  • Kahleelfriend; khalil variant spelling10 in the US (2017)
  • Calelswift; quick9 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kalel

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