Kaeli — #769 US girls' name
3,086 babies named Kaeli in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 96% of names given to girls today.
30% of everyone ever named Kaeli was born in this single decade.
430 babies were named Kaeli in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaeli
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,086 babies named Kaeli between 1982 and 2024, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaeli currently holds the #769 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 430 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaeli performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 929 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kaeli shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 455 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaeli in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaeli 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 3,086 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.
Kaeli at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Kaeli popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1982
- Peak year (2023)
- 430
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
Currently ranks #769 among girls.
3,086 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 430 births in a single year.
Kaeli by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 929 births that decade — 30% of Kaeli's all-time total
Kaeli decade highlights
- Peak decade 929 births
- Runner-up 852 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Kaeli's strongest decade
929 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Kaeli by state
Where Kaeli concentrates geographically — total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 455 | 14.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 401 | 13.0% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 75 | 2.4% |
| #4 | Washington | | 72 | 2.3% |
| #5 | Florida | | 70 | 2.3% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 57 | 1.8% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 39 | 1.3% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 28 | 0.9% |
455 of 3,086 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 14.7% of nationwide
- Texas 13.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.4% of nationwide
- Washington 2.3% of nationwide
- Florida 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 29 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 14.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kaeli appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1982–2024 (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.