Kayal
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KA-yal
- Origin
- Tamil
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Kayal is a girls' name of Tamil origin, meaning “fish”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Kayal mean?
Tamil: Tamil kayal, a kind of carp
“fish”
Tamil poetry likens beautiful eyes to the kayal fish, which was also the emblem of the Pandya kings.
Is Kayal a girl's or a boy's name?
Kayal is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kayal in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Kayal, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2021, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kayal in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Kayal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
How popular is Kayal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Kayal, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2017, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Kayal in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kayal in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
Names like Kayal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Ayra, Ayah, Ayzal, Zainab, Raya, Fiadh, Zimal, Hafsa, Rehmat, Nusaybah, Irha
Names related to Kayal
Kayla, Kaylee, Kalayah, Kaylah, Kayley, Kalaya, Kaylie, Kaliya, Kayli
More Tamil names
Nila, Aathiran, Iniya, Aadhiran, Nilah, Kavin, Aadhav, Adhiran, Venba, Athiran, Oviya, Kalai, Kannan, Valli, Nithila, Iniyan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Kayal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kayal, updated 20 October 2026.