Cale
Cale is a surname and a male given name. Cale may refer to:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Cale
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Cale is a surname and a male given name. Cale may refer to:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Cale
American parents first put Cale on the record books as a baby boy name in 1917, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2008, when 395 Cales were born — ranking #624 that year. About 33% of every Cale on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Cale ranks #3,366 for baby boys with 35 births, falling sharply (-16%). All told, over 8K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Cale
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Cale. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Cale
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About the name Cale
Cale is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1917 and has accumulated 8K births in the dataset. Cale's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #596. Use the chart and map above to compare Cale's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.