Cale — #3222 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Cale

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,160 babies named Cale between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cale currently holds the #3222 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 395 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cale performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,721 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Cale shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 561 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma and Iowa. In total, SSA state-level files list Cale in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cale 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 8,160 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.