Kaeley — #13937 US girls' name
821 babies named Kaeley in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 21% of names given to girls today.
42% of everyone ever named Kaeley was born in this single decade.
47 babies were named Kaeley in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaeley
The Social Security Administration has registered 821 babies named Kaeley between 1985 and 2024, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaeley currently holds the #13937 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 47 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaeley performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 342 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kaeley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 70 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Maryland. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaeley in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaeley in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 821 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Kaeley at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kaeley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1985
- Peak year (1998)
- 47
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
Currently ranks #13937 among girls.
821 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 47 births in a single year.
Kaeley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 342 births that decade — 42% of Kaeley's all-time total
Kaeley decade highlights
- Peak decade 342 births
- Runner-up 267 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kaeley's strongest decade
342 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Kaeley by state
Where Kaeley concentrates geographically — total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 70 | 8.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 17 | 2.1% |
| #3 | Maryland | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.6% |
70 of 821 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.5% of nationwide
- Texas 2.1% of nationwide
- Maryland 0.6% of nationwide
- New Jersey 0.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1985–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.