Cael
Recorded 1989–2025 · United States
Cael was most popular in 2011, when 272 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,740 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,142, with 79 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,745 people named Cael.
Cael over time
How old is the name Cael?
Cael first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1989, which makes it about 36 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 33 of the 37 years since.
How many people are named Cael?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,745 American births named Cael between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,702 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Cael in 2025?
79 American babies were named Cael in 2025, ranking #4,142 that year.
Is Cael getting more or less popular?
Cael is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 53 births a year, against 197 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -73% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Cael a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Cael is a boy’s name — 0.4% of the 3,745 Americans given it were girls and 99.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Cael?
Roughly 3,702 Americans named Cael are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 17 years old, and half are between 13 and 20. That is a narrow band because Cael is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Cael is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org