Girls' name · since 1984
Kaelie
Kaelie has 749 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1998 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,133 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,056 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 749
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kaelie currently ranks #8056 among girls' names in America, with 749 babies recorded since 1984.
Kaelie has 749 recorded births among girls since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8056 as of the latest data, more common than 53% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2025.
- #9,133 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,056 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 749 born since 1984
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaelie ranks #9,133 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,056 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 749 born since 1984, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,133 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,056 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 749
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kaelie's 749 recorded births place it above 87.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Kaelie compares
749 Top 37% higher than 63% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kaelie's all-time total is 99% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kaelie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 749 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 41 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kaelie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kaelie's full recorded timeline at 2006, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 41 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kaelie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 41
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Kaelie by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (308 births, 41% of the file).
2000s was Kaelie's strongest decade.
308 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Kaelie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 32
1980s
32 births
- 1990s
1990s
214 births
- 2000s
2000s
308 births
- 2010s
2010s
130 births
- 2020s 65
2020s
65 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 308 births (41% of all-time use).
How Kaelie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kaelie's total volume
Kaelie by state
Where Kaelie concentrates geographically, total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 29 | 3.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 16 | 2.1% |
29 of 749 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Kaelie's data
- Kaelie's decade-level peak was the 2000s (308 total births); usage has since declined to 65 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Kaelies (29 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kaelie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1984–2025 (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 Kaelie 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.