Given name & surname
Kail
“a mighty warrior”
Kail is a variant of Kaelan. One interpretation is “a mighty warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kail is a variant of Kaelan. One interpretation is “a mighty warrior.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1962. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kail through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 642
- 606 boys · 36 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 44 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −57%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 37 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 757 as a first name in 2020; 1,448 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kail’s family of names
Kail has a related form in Kaelan. In English usage, Kail as a surname has a related form in CALL.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Kail
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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