Kal-El
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAL-EL
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Kal-El is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Kal-El mean?
Modern: Kal + El
Joins Kal (Modern) and El (Hebrew, “God”).
Meanings borrowed from Kal and El.
Is Kal-El a girl's or a boy's name?
Kal-El is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kal-El in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Kal-El, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 26 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Kal-El than any year since 2006.
Half of all the boys named Kal-El in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Kal-El in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,638 |
| 2017 | 19 | #1,428 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,655 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,535 |
| 2014 | 26 | #1,136 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,493 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 12 | #1,890 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,582 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
Names like Kal-El
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Oscar, Brody, Noah, Henry, Freddie, Theo, Isaac, Austin, Logan, Musa, Frankie
Names related to Kal-El
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kal-El: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kal-el, updated 20 October 2026.