girls' name ★ peaked 2008

Kylee

Meaning A female given name, variant of Kylie Gender Girl · 1% boys Rank 2025 #876 Trend ↓ Falling 44%

A female given name, variant of Kylie.

Rank 2025
#876
among girls · ↓53 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
306
named Kylee · -10% vs 2024
How common
1 in 5,253
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2008
2,404 babies
All-time total
50,835
#583 all-time among girls
First recorded
1965
in Social Security records

Kylee popularity over time

50,835 babies have been named Kylee since 1965, 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
0.380.751.131.518801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
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 – – – – – –
1950s – – – – – –
1960s 19 – 19 2 – #5,918
1970s 530 7 537 54 +2726% #797
1980s 2,437 75 2,512 251 +368% #405
1990s 9,126 114 9,240 924 +268% #216
2000s 21,165 166 21,331 2,133 +131% #141
2010s 14,624 110 14,734 1,473 -31% #138
2020s (to 2025) 2,436 26 2,462 410 -72% #533

Where Kylee 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 278 0.17 outside top 500
2027 256 0.16 outside top 500
2028 238 0.15 outside top 500
2029 225 0.14 outside top 500
2030 214 0.13 outside top 500

Where Kylee is most popular

Girls named Kylee per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.230 per 1,000. Strongest in Mississippi, West Virginia, and Alabama.

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 Kylee 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
Mississippi 51 1.09 +373%
West Virginia 16 0.611 +165%
Alabama 55 0.586 +154%
Arkansas 28 0.530 +130%
Kentucky 45 0.526 +129%
South Carolina 44 0.489 +113%
Wisconsin 46 0.447 +94%
Louisiana 39 0.446 +94%
Georgia 98 0.431 +87%
Oklahoma 30 0.408 +77%
North Carolina 83 0.365 +58%
Michigan 66 0.362 +57%
Missouri 43 0.357 +55%
Tennessee 56 0.353 +54%
South Dakota 5 0.350 +52%
Ohio 82 0.346 +50%
Pennsylvania 81 0.343 +49%
Florida 130 0.304 +32%
Indiana 40 0.285 +24%
Virginia 48 0.282 +22%
Illinois 61 0.266 +16%
Maryland 27 0.255 +11%
Colorado 25 0.224 ≈ national
Texas 171 0.213 -8%
New Jersey 34 0.188 -18%
Minnesota 20 0.185 -20%
New York 68 0.172 -25%
Arizona 22 0.157 -32%
Washington 21 0.145 -37%
Massachusetts 17 0.141 -39%
California 105 0.125 -46%
Kansas 5 0.087 -62%
Iowa 5 0.086 -63%
Oregon 5 0.077 -67%
Utah 6 0.072 -69%
Alaska – – –
Connecticut – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Idaho – – –
Maine – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Mexico – – –
Nevada – – –
Rhode Island – – –
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 Kylee

Kylee is uncommon for girls in the United States, ranked #876 in 2025 with 306 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1965, 50,835 American babies have been named Kylee. Its peak came in 2008, when 2,404 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 Kylee stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Kylee?

The median living Kylee is about 19 years old; half are between 13 and 25. An estimated 50 thousand people named Kylee are alive in the United States today.

median 19 020406080100

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

Kylee 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 306 #876 – –
2024 334 #823 5 #13,403
2023 366 #769 5 #13,335
2022 402 #727 – –
2021 460 #650 8 #9,327
2020 568 #533 8 #9,200
2019 575 #533 8 #9,380
2018 722 #444 10 #7,926
2017 864 #361 11 #7,355
2016 1,082 #302 9 #8,540
2015 1,396 #237 11 #7,341
2014 1,592 #214 10 #7,896
2013 1,868 #171 9 #8,498
2012 2,054 #156 17 #5,397
2011 2,219 #138 13 #6,442
2010 2,252 #139 12 #6,925
2009 2,179 #148 14 #6,297
2008 2,385 #142 19 #4,986
2007 2,256 #158 14 #6,129
2006 2,340 #146 23 #4,171
2005 2,199 #156 21 #4,277
2004 2,296 #141 22 #4,081
2003 2,197 #154 13 #5,745
2002 2,009 #161 13 #5,590
2001 1,675 #195 16 #4,806
2000 1,629 #197 11 #6,151
1995 888 #313 11 #5,359
1990 601 #424 14 #4,099
1985 224 #763 9 #4,533
1980 144 #1,012 – –
1975 16 #4,033 – –
1970 16 #3,789 – –
1965 5 #7,019 – –
1960 – – – –
1955 – – – –
1950 – – – –
1945 – – – –
1940 – – – –
1935 – – – –
1930 – – – –
1925 – – – –
1920 – – – –
1915 – – – –
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Frequently asked questions

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

How old is the average Kylee?

The median living Kylee is about 19 years old. Half of all living Kylees are between 13 and 25 years old.

How many people named Kylee are alive today?

An estimated 50 thousand people named Kylee are alive in the United States, based on 50,835 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Kylee mean?

A female given name, variant of Kylie.

How popular is the name Kylee in 2025?

Kylee ranked #876 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 306 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Kylee?

50,835 babies have been named Kylee in the United States since 1965, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Kylee most popular?

Kylee peaked in 2008, when 2,404 newborns received the name.

Is Kylee a boy or girl name?

Kylee is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 99% of babies with the name.

Is the name Kylee rising or falling?

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

Will Kylee become more popular?

Kylee is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 214 girls named Kylee in 2030, which would rank outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Names like Kylee

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