Kale — #5251 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kale

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,368 babies named Kale between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kale currently holds the #5251 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 544 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kale performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,879 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Kale shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 390 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Kale in 41 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kale 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 7,368 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.