Kail

Boy · recorded 1962–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 2011best year

Most popular in 2011.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Kail.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1962

091819621978199320092024

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 41 recorded years as a table
Kail, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19622
19633
19734
19803
19844
19864
19874
19883
19893
19913
19936
19945
19954
19967
19977
19987
19993
20007
20018
20029
200312
200410
200515
200615
200713
200818
200916
201018
201118
201212
201313
201411
201510
20165
20177
20183
20196
20205
20224
20235
20243

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Kail isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2024
5
Rank in 2024
#12,349
How rare
1 in 344,577 boys
Since 1962
606

Kail was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 2011, at 18 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Kail doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.