Girls' name · since 1994
Chaylee
Since 1994, U.S. Social Security records show 199 babies named Chaylee, peaking in 2002. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,849 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 199
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chaylee sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 199 recorded since 1994.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chaylee has been recorded 199 times among girls since 1994, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2019.
- #19,849 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 199 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chaylee ranks #19,849 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 199 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #19,849 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 199
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Chaylee's 199 recorded births place it above 72.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chaylee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chaylee's full recorded timeline at 2006, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2009, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chaylee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2019
- Peak year (2002)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Chaylee by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (101 births, 51% of the file).
2000s was Chaylee's strongest decade.
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Chaylee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
43 births
- 2000s
2000s
101 births
- 2010s
2010s
55 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 101 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Chaylee's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (101 total births) through the 2010s (55) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chaylee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~25 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1994–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Chaylee draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.