girls' name ★ peaked 2009

Kaylee

Meaning Coined toward the end of the 20th century Gender Girl Rank 2025 #255 Trend ↓ Falling 44%

Coined toward the end of the 20th century

Rank 2025
#255
among girls · ↓35 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
1,205
named Kaylee · -14% vs 2024
How common
1 in 1,334
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2009
7,225 babies
All-time total
140,601
#288 all-time among girls
First recorded
1943
in Social Security records

Kaylee popularity over time

140,601 babies have been named Kaylee since 1943, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
1.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s – – – – – –
1920s – – – – – –
1930s – – – – – –
1940s 5 – 5 1 – #5,016
1950s 5 – 5 1 0% #5,689
1960s 73 – 73 7 +1360% #3,976
1970s 186 – 186 19 +155% #2,766
1980s 3,496 11 3,507 351 +1785% #275
1990s 25,214 14 25,228 2,523 +619% #69
2000s 56,432 111 56,543 5,654 +124% #26
2010s 44,629 40 44,669 4,467 -21% #35
2020s (to 2025) 10,385 – 10,385 1,731 -61% #117

Where Kaylee is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 1,091 0.68 #283
2027 1,002 0.62 #306
2028 932 0.58 #328
2029 877 0.55 #347
2030 832 0.52 #369

Where Kaylee is most popular

Girls named Kaylee per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.992 per 1,000. Strongest in Rhode Island, Mississippi, and Delaware.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Kaylee born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Rhode Island 36 2.88 +190%
Mississippi 118 2.52 +154%
Delaware 28 2.47 +149%
New Mexico 47 1.93 +95%
Maryland 183 1.73 +74%
West Virginia 45 1.72 +73%
Arkansas 90 1.70 +72%
Alabama 156 1.66 +67%
Louisiana 132 1.51 +52%
South Carolina 130 1.45 +46%
Georgia 324 1.43 +44%
Nebraska 51 1.42 +43%
New Jersey 255 1.41 +42%
Nevada 64 1.38 +39%
Iowa 79 1.35 +36%
South Dakota 19 1.33 +34%
New York 514 1.30 +31%
Kentucky 111 1.30 +31%
Tennessee 204 1.29 +30%
Texas 1,001 1.24 +25%
Virginia 212 1.24 +25%
Hawaii 14 1.22 +23%
Florida 518 1.21 +22%
California 1,008 1.20 +21%
Idaho 40 1.20 +21%
Minnesota 128 1.19 +20%
Wisconsin 119 1.16 +16%
Pennsylvania 273 1.15 +16%
Washington 163 1.13 +14%
North Carolina 255 1.12 +13%
Illinois 253 1.11 +11%
Massachusetts 133 1.10 +11%
District of Columbia 13 1.10 +11%
Arizona 150 1.07 +8%
Oklahoma 78 1.06 +7%
Missouri 123 1.02 ≈ national
Kansas 58 1.01 ≈ national
Connecticut 58 0.997 ≈ national
Utah 80 0.961 ≈ national
Indiana 134 0.954 ≈ national
Oregon 61 0.937 -6%
Ohio 217 0.915 -8%
North Dakota 12 0.913 -8%
Michigan 162 0.889 -10%
Colorado 95 0.851 -14%
Montana 6 0.443 -55%
New Hampshire 8 0.433 -56%
Alaska – – –
Maine – – –
Vermont – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Kaylee

Kaylee is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #255 in 2025 with 1,205 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1943, 140,601 American babies have been named Kaylee. Its peak came in 2009, when 7,225 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2000s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Kaylee stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Kaylee?

The median living Kaylee is about 18 years old; half are between 12 and 24. An estimated 139 thousand people named Kaylee are alive in the United States today.

median 18 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Kaylee year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 1,205 #255 – –
2024 1,398 #220 – –
2023 1,644 #183 – –
2022 1,822 #161 – –
2021 1,979 #139 – –
2020 2,337 #117 – –
2019 2,558 #114 – –
2018 2,963 #97 – –
2017 3,417 #84 – –
2016 3,845 #72 – –
2015 4,377 #61 6 #11,421
2014 4,552 #52 5 #13,094
2013 5,127 #40 – –
2012 5,629 #35 11 #7,307
2011 6,053 #36 8 #9,198
2010 6,108 #35 10 #7,874
2009 7,219 #26 6 #11,743
2008 6,302 #31 6 #11,844
2007 6,050 #35 8 #9,347
2006 5,998 #42 8 #9,158
2005 5,870 #40 9 #8,001
2004 5,444 #50 47 #2,400
2003 5,452 #53 7 #9,176
2002 4,983 #57 5 #11,614
2001 4,621 #66 6 #9,931
2000 4,493 #72 9 #7,117
1995 2,518 #127 – –
1990 1,211 #235 – –
1985 237 #728 – –
1980 31 #2,906 – –
1975 25 #2,914 – –
1970 18 #3,497 – –
1965 – – – –
1960 6 #6,009 – –
1955 – – – –
1950 5 #5,689 – –
1945 – – – –
1940 – – – –
1935 – – – –
1930 – – – –
1925 – – – –
1920 – – – –
1915 – – – –
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Kaylee

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Kaylee DeFer Kaylee DeFer American actress b. 1986 · Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Kaylee, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Kaylee?

The median living Kaylee is about 18 years old. Half of all living Kaylees are between 12 and 24 years old.

How many people named Kaylee are alive today?

An estimated 139 thousand people named Kaylee are alive in the United States, based on 140,601 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Kaylee mean?

Coined toward the end of the 20th century

How popular is the name Kaylee in 2025?

Kaylee ranked #255 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 1,205 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Kaylee?

140,601 babies have been named Kaylee in the United States since 1943, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Kaylee most popular?

Kaylee peaked in 2009, when 7,225 newborns received the name.

Is Kaylee a boy or girl name?

Kaylee is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Kaylee rising or falling?

Kaylee is declining, less popular now than a decade ago.

Will Kaylee become more popular?

Kaylee is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 832 girls named Kaylee in 2030, which would rank around #369. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Kaylee?

Well-known people named Kaylee include Kaylee DeFer (actor).

Names like Kaylee

Names that sound and feel close to Kaylee: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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