Khael
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAYL
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Khael is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
Where does Khael come from?
Spelling of Kael; modern name of uncertain origin
Meaning borrowed from Kael.
Is Khael a girl's or a boy's name?
Khael is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khael in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Khael, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. It first appears in the records in 2002.
2025 had the most boys named Khael of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.
Half of all the boys named Khael in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 422 boys in the US were given Khael or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #625, up from #5,859 for this spelling alone.
Khael in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
Names like Khael
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kyaire Zayn Zayd Kayden Cassian Finn Khaza Kyrie Raiden Kenai Callan Briggs
Other spellings of Khael
Names related to Khael
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, “Khael: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khael, updated 20 October 2026.