Meaning and history
Cáel is an Old Irish name meaning "slender." In Irish legend, Cáel is a warrior of the Fianna and the lover of Créd, appearing in the Fenian Cycle. The unaccented form Cael has entered modern English use, sometimes with other proposed origins.
20062006: 206 births, rank #919
2007: 214 births, rank #925
2008: 263 births, rank #832
2009: 270 births, rank #816
2010: 252 births, rank #840
20112011: 272 births, rank #805
2012: 212 births, rank #949
2013: 182 births, rank #1,052
2014: 173 births, rank #1,102
2015: 145 births, rank #1,247
20162016: 92 births, rank #1,694
2017: 69 births, rank #2,032
2018: 73 births, rank #1,994
2019: 57 births, rank #2,364
2020: 51 births, rank #2,505
20212021: 44 births, rank #2,819
2022: 38 births, rank #3,151
2023: 42 births, rank #2,952
2024: 60 births, rank #2,345
20252025: 79 births, rank #1,942
Cáel moved from #805 to #950 for boys between 2011 and 2012. Its highest annual birth count came in 2011, with 272 births.