Kaile — girls' name
699 babies named Kaile in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
40% of everyone ever named Kaile was born in this single decade.
42 babies were named Kaile in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaile
The Social Security Administration has registered 699 babies named Kaile between 1979 and 2019, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaile currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 42 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaile performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 280 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kaile shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 69 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Hawaii and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaile in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaile 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 699 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.
Kaile at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kaile popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1979
- Peak year (2003)
- 42
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
699 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 42 births in a single year.
Kaile popularity over time — boys
22 total births recorded since 1998 (Kaile as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Kaile accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kaile by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 280 births that decade — 40% of Kaile's all-time total
Kaile decade highlights
- Peak decade 280 births
- Runner-up 264 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kaile's strongest decade
280 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Kaile by state
Where Kaile concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 69 | 9.9% |
| #2 | Hawaii | | 13 | 1.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 6 | 0.9% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 0.9% |
69 of 699 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.9% of nationwide
- Hawaii 1.9% of nationwide
- Florida 0.9% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.9% 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, 1979–2019 (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.