Girls' name · since 1984
Kailie
Kailie has 1,324 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,204 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,651 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,324
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
1,324 babies have been named Kailie since 1984, making it today's #13651 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kailie has been recorded 1,324 times among girls since 1984, currently ranked #13651 nationally and more common than 21% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2025.
- #6,204 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,651 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,324 born since 1984
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kailie ranks #6,204 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,651 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,324 born since 1984, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,204 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,651 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,324
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kailie's 1,324 recorded births place it above 91.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Kailie compares
1,324 Top 28% higher than 72% 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
Kailie's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kailie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,324 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 71 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kailie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kailie's SSA record in two at 2004 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 1984, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1999 peak of 71, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kailie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 71
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Kailie by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (579 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Kailie's strongest decade.
579 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Kailie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 97
1980s
97 births
- 1990s
1990s
413 births
- 2000s
2000s
579 births
- 2010s 202
2010s
202 births
- 2020s 33
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 579 births (44% of all-time use).
How Kailie 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 Kailie's total volume
Kailie by state
Where Kailie concentrates geographically, total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 147 | 11.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 41 | 3.1% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 30 | 2.3% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.4% |
147 of 1,324 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Kailie's data
- Kailie's decade-level peak was the 2000s (579 total births); usage has since declined to 33 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Kailies (147 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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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Kailie
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kailie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1984–2025 (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 Kailie 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.