Kajal Popularity by Year

Follow Kajal across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.

Kajal birth-count history

The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.

Complete year-by-year record

YearCategoryBirthsRankChange from previous recorded year
2009Girls7#13,704Up 1,701 places
2008Girls6#15,405Up 2,231 places
2007Girls5#17,636Down 5,216 places
2006Girls8#12,420Up 590 places
2005Girls7#13,010Down 3,746 places
2004Girls11#9,264Up 4,580 places
2003Girls6#13,844Down 5,564 places
2002Girls12#8,280Down 963 places
2001Girls14#7,317Down 509 places
2000Girls15#6,808Down 2,232 places
1999Girls24#4,576Down 1,079 places
1998Girls34#3,497Down 195 places
1997Girls35#3,302Down 65 places
1996Girls36#3,237Up 120 places
1995Girls33#3,357Up 1,019 places
1994Girls23#4,376Up 5,183 places
1993Girls8#9,559Down 68 places
1992Girls8#9,491Up 3,656 places
1991Girls5#13,147Down 4,756 places
1988Girls8#8,391Up 387 places
1987Girls7#8,778Down 2,166 places
1986Girls10#6,612Up 198 places
1984Girls9#6,810Up 502 places
1983Girls8#7,312Up 3,205 places
1982Girls5#10,517Down 2,389 places
1981Girls7#8,128Down 1,432 places
1979Girls9#6,696Down 311 places
1978Girls9#6,385