Kal Popularity by Year

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

Kal 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
2025Boys60#2,304Up 9 places
2024Boys61#2,313Down 92 places
2023Boys64#2,221Up 247 places
2022Boys56#2,468Down 428 places
2021Boys72#2,040Up 352 places
2020Boys55#2,392Up 29 places
2019Boys55#2,421Down 66 places
2018Boys56#2,355Down 10 places
2017Boys55#2,345Up 92 places
2016Boys52#2,437Down 82 places
2015Boys55#2,355Down 292 places
2014Boys68#2,063Up 2,918 places
2013Boys18#4,981Down 1,451 places
2012Boys30#3,530Up 2,726 places
2011Boys13#6,256Down 1,209 places
2010Boys18#5,047Up 1,389 places
2009Boys13#6,436Up 2,583 places
2008Boys8#9,019Down 3,358 places
2007Boys15#5,661Up 799 places
2006Boys12#6,460Down 882 places
2005Boys14#5,578Down 571 places
2004Boys16#5,007Up 264 places
2003Boys14#5,271Up 2,372 places
2002Boys8#7,643Down 1,198 places
2001Boys10#6,445Up 2,667 places
2000Boys6#9,112Down 3,795 places
1999Boys12#5,317Up 2,243 places
1998Boys7#7,560Down 3,314 places
1997Boys15#4,246Up 1,289 places
1996Boys10#5,535Up 3,333 places
1995Boys5#8,868Down 1,230 places
1993Boys6#7,638Down 2,766 places
1992Boys11#4,872Down 705 places
1990Boys13#4,167Up 998 places
1989Boys9#5,165Down 1,003 places
1988Boys11#4,162Up 1,297 places
1987Boys7#5,459Up 1,262 places
1986Boys5#6,721Down 2,388 places
1985Boys9#4,333Up 219 places
1984Boys8#4,552Up 1,686 places
1983Boys5#6,238Down 1,235 places
1982Boys7#5,003Down 850 places
1981Boys9#4,153Down 584 places
1979Boys11#3,569Up 2,276 places
1977Boys5#5,845Down 1,904 places
1975Boys8#3,941Down 623 places
1974Boys10#3,318Up 1,123 places
1972Boys6#4,441Down 783 places
1971Boys8#3,658Up 1,066 places
1970Boys5#4,724Down 1,410 places
1969Boys8#3,314Down 554 places
1967Boys9#2,760Up 24 places
1966Boys9#2,784Up 1,146 places
1965Boys5#3,930Down 1,620 places
1964Boys13#2,310Up 548 places
1963Boys9#2,858Up 1,175 places
1962Boys5#4,033Down 1,133 places
1961Boys9#2,900Down 29 places
1960Boys9#2,871Down 671 places
1959Boys14#2,200Up 618 places
1958Boys9#2,818Down 324 places
1957Boys11#2,494Up 475 places
1956Boys8#2,969Down 205 places
1955Boys9#2,764Up 970 places
1952Boys5#3,734Down 668 places
1951Boys7#3,066Up 232 places
1949Boys6#3,298Up 435 places
1947Boys5#3,733