Kale

Girl · recorded 1979–2013

  • 2013last recorded
  • 2008best year

Most popular in 2008.

Last recorded in 2013. Fewer than five girls 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 Kale.

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 1979

061219791988199620052013

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 25 recorded years as a table
Kale, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19793
19835
19844
19855
19873
19883
19893
19904
19923
19934
19974
19983
19993
20003
20013
20033
20055
200612
20079
200812
20098
20107
20113
20126
20133

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Kale 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 2013
5
Rank in 2013
#16,547
How rare
1 in 350,949 girls
Since 1979
226

Kale was last recorded in 2013. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 2008, at 12 per million girls born.

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

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