Kalel
Kalel is a name with multiple cultural origins: Popular Culture, English.
- Popular Culture
- English
Meaning & Origin of Kalel
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kalel is a name with multiple cultural origins: Popular Culture, English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Popular Culture
- English
The Story of Kalel
Kalel first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1996, with 9 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2014: 257 births, good for #859 nationwide. About 47% of every Kalel on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Kalel ranks #1,146 for baby boys with 185 births, gradually falling (-13%). All told, over 5K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Kalel
Kalel is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1996 and has accumulated 5K births in the dataset. Kalel's peak popularity came in 2014 when it ranked #859. Use the chart and map above to compare Kalel'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.