Girls' name · since 1976
Kailee
Kailee has 12,925 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,428 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,972 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,925
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kailee currently ranks #1972 among girls' names in America, with 12,925 babies recorded since 1976.
Kailee has 12,925 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1972 as of the latest data, more common than 89% 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 1976 to 2025.
- #1,428 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,972 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 12,925 born since 1976
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kailee ranks #1,428 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,972 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 12,925 born since 1976, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,428 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,972 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,925
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kailee's 12,925 recorded births place it above 98.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
45 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Kailee compares
12,925 Top 8% higher than 92% 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
Kailee's all-time total is 34x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kailee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 12,925 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 584 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kailee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kailee's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2003 peak of 584, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kailee popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 584
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Kailee popularity over time - boys
28 total births recorded since 2000 (Kailee as boys' name)
Kailee by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (5,146 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Kailee's strongest decade.
5,146 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Kailee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 28
1970s
28 births
- 1980s 522
1980s
522 births
- 1990s
1990s
3,127 births
- 2000s
2000s
5,146 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,310 births
- 2020s 792
2020s
792 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 5,146 births (40% of all-time use).
How Kailee 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 Kailee's total volume
Kailee by state
Where Kailee concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,428 | 11.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,021 | 7.9% |
| #3 | New York | | 586 | 4.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 583 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 480 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 478 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Washington | | 400 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 398 | 3.1% |
1,428 of 12,925 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 45 reporting states.
Kailee appears in 45 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kailee's data
- Kailee's decade-level peak was the 2000s (5,146 total births); usage has since declined to 792 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Kailees (1,428 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kailee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1976–2025 (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 Kailee 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.