Kaely — #3191 US girls' name
1,108 babies named Kaely in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 82% of names given to girls today.
30% of everyone ever named Kaely was born in this single decade.
71 babies were named Kaely in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaely
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,108 babies named Kaely between 1980 and 2024, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaely currently holds the #3191 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 71 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaely performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 335 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kaely shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 162 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaely in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaely 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 1,108 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.
Kaely at a glance
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Current rank
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Kaely popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1980
- Peak year (2023)
- 71
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
Currently ranks #3191 among girls.
1,108 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 71 births in a single year.
Kaely by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 335 births that decade — 30% of Kaely's all-time total
Kaely decade highlights
- Peak decade 335 births
- Runner-up 280 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kaely's strongest decade
335 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Kaely by state
Where Kaely concentrates geographically — total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 162 | 14.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 120 | 10.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 16 | 1.4% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #6 | New York | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.5% |
162 of 1,108 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 14.6% of nationwide
- Texas 10.8% of nationwide
- Florida 1.4% of nationwide
- Arizona 0.5% of nationwide
- New Jersey 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 14.6% 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, 1980–2024 (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.