Kale is an uncommon variant of Kayla that peaked in 2008 and has since faded.
Kale is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #7,419 for boy births in the United States (and #15,561 across all names), given to 11 babies. Kale first appears in 1917 and peaked in 2008 (544 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,419 |
| 2024 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,336 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,708 |
| 2022 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,503 |
| 2021 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,871 |
| 2020 | 25 | 25 | — | #4,081 |
| 2019 | 26 | 26 | — | #4,059 |
| 2018 | 46 | 46 | — | #2,688 |
| 2017 | 62 | 62 | — | #2,177 |
| 2016 | 101 | 101 | — | #1,607 |
| 2015 | 177 | 177 | — | #1,097 |
| 2014 | 216 | 216 | — | #971 |
| 2013 | 264 | 264 | #17,888 | #830 |
| 2012 | 336 | 336 | #10,055 | #722 |
| 2011 | 429 | 429 | #18,129 | #590 |
| 2010 | 436 | 436 | #8,959 | #591 |
| 2009 | 536 | 536 | #8,242 | #518 |
| 2008 | 567 | 567 | #6,030 | #504 |
| 2007 | 400 | 400 | #7,238 | #635 |
| 2006 | 295 | 295 | #5,812 | #767 |
| 2005 | 274 | 274 | #10,504 | #754 |
| 2004 | 225 | 225 | — | #803 |
| 2003 | 189 | 189 | #16,990 | #907 |
| 2002 | 179 | 179 | — | #904 |
| 2001 | 164 | 164 | #14,381 | #975 |
| 2000 | 156 | 156 | #13,996 | #990 |
| 1999 | 134 | 134 | #13,461 | #1,065 |
| 1998 | 142 | 142 | #15,260 | #999 |
| 1997 | 110 | — | #11,399 | #1,173 |
| 1996 | 93 | — | — | #1,210 |
| 1995 | 94 | — | — | #1,196 |
| 1994 | 107 | — | — | #1,082 |
| 1993 | 117 | — | #10,013 | #1,067 |
| 1992 | 106 | — | #12,461 | #1,103 |
| 1991 | 91 | — | — | #1,159 |
| 1990 | 116 | — | #9,662 | #1,021 |
| 1989 | 99 | — | #11,479 | #1,098 |
| 1988 | 114 | — | #10,986 | #920 |
| 1987 | 125 | — | #10,452 | #859 |
| 1986 | 83 | — | — | #1,017 |
| 1985 | 100 | — | #7,895 | #955 |
| 1984 | 71 | — | #9,657 | #1,126 |
| 1983 | 58 | — | #6,971 | #1,340 |
| 1982 | 42 | — | — | #1,503 |
| 1981 | 51 | — | — | #1,300 |
| 1980 | 43 | — | — | #1,455 |
| 1979 | 42 | — | #10,905 | #1,585 |
| 1978 | 44 | — | — | #1,402 |
| 1977 | 36 | — | — | #1,559 |
| 1976 | 32 | — | — | #1,660 |
| 1975 | 36 | — | — | #1,490 |
| 1974 | 30 | — | — | #1,635 |
| 1973 | 32 | — | — | #1,528 |
| 1972 | 20 | — | — | #2,049 |
| 1971 | 27 | — | — | #1,727 |
| 1970 | 28 | — | — | #1,640 |
| 1969 | 16 | — | — | #2,182 |
| 1968 | 16 | — | — | #2,070 |
| 1967 | 13 | — | — | #2,295 |
| 1966 | 9 | — | — | #2,881 |
| 1965 | 7 | — | — | #3,403 |
| 1964 | 9 | — | — | #2,964 |
| 1963 | 14 | — | — | #2,258 |
| 1962 | 16 | — | — | #2,081 |
| 1961 | 8 | — | — | #3,229 |
| 1960 | 9 | — | — | #2,970 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | — | #4,282 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | — | #3,418 |
| 1957 | 7 | — | — | #3,407 |
| 1956 | 12 | — | — | #2,436 |
| 1953 | 5 | — | — | #4,088 |
| 1952 | 5 | — | — | #4,003 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | — | #3,163 |
| 1937 | 5 | — | — | #3,796 |
| 1925 | 11 | — | — | #2,674 |
| 1917 | 6 | — | — | #3,761 |