Kail
Kail is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kaisersesch.
Meaning & Origin of Kail
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kail is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kaisersesch.
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Origin & history
The Story of Kail
As a girl name
Kail first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1998, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2007: 10 births, good for #10,817 nationwide. About 86% of every Kail on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Kail last appeared in the published SSA data in 2009, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 36 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Kail on the record books as a boy name in 1962, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2008, when 37 Kails were born — ranking #3,103 that year. About 41% of every Kail on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Kail last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 606 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Kail
Kail is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1962 and has accumulated 606 births in the dataset. Kail's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #3,103. Use the chart and map above to compare Kail'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 .
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