Kaili — #3836 US girls' name
2,872 babies named Kaili in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 78% of names given to girls today.
42% of everyone ever named Kaili was born in this single decade.
164 babies were named Kaili in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaili
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,872 babies named Kaili between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaili currently holds the #3836 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 164 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaili performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,217 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kaili shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 476 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaili in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaili 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 2,872 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.
Kaili at a glance
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Current rank
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Kaili popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1977
- Peak year (2003)
- 164
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
Currently ranks #3836 among girls.
2,872 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 164 births in a single year.
Kaili popularity over time — boys
41 total births recorded since 1996 (Kaili as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Kaili accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kaili by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,217 births that decade — 42% of Kaili's all-time total
Kaili decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,217 births
- Runner-up 639 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kaili's strongest decade
1,217 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Kaili by state
Where Kaili concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 476 | 16.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 139 | 4.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 127 | 4.4% |
| #4 | Hawaii | | 74 | 2.6% |
| #5 | New York | | 48 | 1.7% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 36 | 1.3% |
| #7 | Washington | | 30 | 1.0% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 18 | 0.6% |
476 of 2,872 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 16.6% of nationwide
- Texas 4.8% of nationwide
- Florida 4.4% of nationwide
- Hawaii 2.6% of nationwide
- New York 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 23 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 16.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kaili appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1977–2024 (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.