Kail
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAYL
Kail is a boys' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Kail come from?
Uncertain; possibly a spelling of Kyle or Kale
Is Kail a girl's or a boy's name?
Kail is a boys' name.
How popular is Kail in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 37 boys. It first appears in the records in 1962.
Half of all the boys named Kail in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2009, 21% of the babies named Kail in the US were girls.
Kail in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 35 | #3,163 |
| 2010 | 34 | #3,238 |
| 2009 | 31 | #3,474 |
| 2008 | 37 | #3,101 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 31 | #3,382 |
| 2005 | 30 | #3,315 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 23 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
Names like Kail
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kai Keanu Kayden Kane Koa Keegan Khalil Finn Kael Brayden Aiden Kian
Names related to Kail
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kail: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kail, updated 20 October 2026.