Boys' name · since 2004
Calel
Since 2004, U.S. Social Security records show 200 babies named Calel, peaking in 2015. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #12,939 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,660 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 200
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Calel is the #8660 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 200 recorded since 2004.
Calel has 200 recorded births among boys since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8660 as of the latest data, more common than 38% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #12,939 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,660 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 200 born since 2004
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Calel ranks #12,939 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,660 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 200 born since 2004, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,939 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,660 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 200
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Calel's 200 recorded births place it above 71.49% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Calel compares
200 38th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Calel's all-time total is 46% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Calel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 200 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Calel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Calel's full recorded timeline at 2015, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2012, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Calel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Calel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (91 births, 46% of the file).
2010s was Calel's strongest decade.
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Calel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
37 births
- 2010s
2010s
91 births
- 2020s
2020s
72 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 91 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Calel's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (91 total births) through the 2020s (72) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Calel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~21 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2004–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Calel draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.