Masculine dossier · first seen 1917

Cale

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Cale
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 90.6% from peak

Peak era

2008

Peak rank proxy

395

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1917Peak 20082024

Peak year

2008

Decline from peak

90.6%

2024

All-time

8,160

Cale once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 2008, when 395 boys were named Cale.

In 2024, only 37 boys were given the name.

Down 90.6% from its peak.

All told, about 8,160 Americans have been named Cale and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1917.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 90.6% from peak

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