Girls' name · since 1985
Kahley
Since 1985, U.S. Social Security records show 126 babies named Kahley, peaking in 1992. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #24,584 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 126
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kahley sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 126 recorded since 1985.
Kahley has 126 recorded births among girls since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2009.
- #24,584 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 126 born since 1985
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kahley ranks #24,584 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 126 born since 1985, peaking in the 1990s.
- #24,584 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 126
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kahley's 126 recorded births place it above 65.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kahley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kahley's SSA record in two at 1995 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1985, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1992 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kahley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2009
- Peak year (1992)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Kahley by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (73 births, 58% of the file).
1990s was Kahley's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Kahley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
30 births
- 1990s
1990s
73 births
- 2000s 23
2000s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 73 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Kahley's decade-level peak was the 1990s (73 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2000s -- 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 Kahley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
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, 1985–2009 (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 Kahley 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.