girls:
24 births since 2006
#5692 (0th percentile)
boys:
210 births since 1987
#4376 (5th percentile)
overall:
234 births since 1987
#7505 (3rd percentile)
The name Kayl is the #7,505 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 234 recorded births since 1987. This represents the 3.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,376 (4.5% percentile) for all time with 210 births since 1987. For girls, it ranks #5,692 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 24 births since 2006.
Kayl first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1987 (1987 for boys and 2006 for girls). Birth data for Kayl is available in 23 out of the 36 years between 1987 and 2022 (23 years for boys and 3 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kayl has been given predominantly to boys, with 89.7% of all recorded births being male. In 2022, 100.0% of babies named Kayl were boys.
For boys, Kayl reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #891) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
For girls, Kayl reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #961) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2008.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kayl".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Kayl. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Kayl is pronounced as kayl, which has 1 syllables.
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