Kahlel — boys' name
72 babies named Kahlel in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
69% of everyone ever named Kahlel was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Kahlel in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kahlel
The Social Security Administration has registered 72 babies named Kahlel between 1999 and 2018, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kahlel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kahlel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kahlel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kahlel 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 72 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.
Kahlel at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kahlel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1999
- Peak year (2006)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
72 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 13 births in a single year.
Kahlel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 50 births that decade — 69% of Kahlel's all-time total
Kahlel decade highlights
- Peak decade 50 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kahlel's strongest decade
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 69% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1999–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.