Girls' name · since 1995
Kaelei
106 babies named Kaelei in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,492 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 106
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
106 girls have been named Kaelei since 1995, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Kaelei recorded 106 times among girls since 1995, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2019.
- #26,492 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 106 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaelei ranks #26,492 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 106 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #26,492 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 106
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kaelei's 106 recorded births place it above 63.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kaelei's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kaelei splits its recorded history at 2005: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1995 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2005 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kaelei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2019
- Peak year (2005)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Kaelei by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (85 births, 80% of the file).
2000s was Kaelei's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 80% of all-time use.
Kaelei births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
85 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 85 births (80% of all-time use).
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- Kaelei's decade-level peak was the 2000s (85 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kaelei: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~24 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, 1995–2019 (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 Kaelei 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.