Cael — #2374 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Cael

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,652 babies named Cael between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cael currently holds the #2374 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 272 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cael performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,828 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Cael shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Iowa, which accounts for 547 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Cael in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cael in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,652 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.