Name meaning & stats
Kale
Kale means “friend” (Arabic origin). 7,583 US babies since 1940, peak 2008.
What it means
“friend”
ArabicSpelling of Khalil
In US birth records
Peak year: 2008
7,583 US babies were named Kale between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Kale (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 8 Khalils spell it Kale
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2008)