Boys' name · since 1996
Kaleil
32 babies named Kaleil in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,412 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 32
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kaleil sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 32 recorded since 1996.
Kaleil has 32 recorded births among boys since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2010.
- #25,412 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 32 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaleil ranks #25,412 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 32 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #25,412 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 32
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kaleil's 32 recorded births place it above 43.9% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kaleil's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kaleil's full recorded timeline at 2003, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kaleil popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2010
- Peak year (2007)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Kaleil by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (21 births, 66% of the file).
2000s was Kaleil's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Kaleil births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
21 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 21 births (66% of all-time use).
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- Kaleil's decade-level peak was the 2000s (21 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kaleil: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~14 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, 1996–2010 (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 Kaleil 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.