Kel — #10027 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kel

The Social Security Administration has registered 240 babies named Kel between 1956 and 2024, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kel currently holds the #10027 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Kel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kel 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 240 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.