Given name & surname
Kayl
“a mighty warrior”
Kayl is a variant of Kaelan. One interpretation is “a mighty warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kayl 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 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kayl through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 235
- 211 boys · 24 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 29 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 21 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 402 as a first name in 2020; 359 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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