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.
- 1,324
- total births
- 1984–2025
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
Kailie sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 1,324 recorded since 1984.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kailie has been recorded 1,324 times among girls since 1984, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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.
- 1,324 total births
- 1984–2025 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 44% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
1,324 girls have been named Kailie since 1984, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2025.
- 1,324
- total births
- 1984–2025
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
44% of everyone ever named Kailie was born in this single decade.
71 babies were named Kailie in 1999 - its busiest year on record.
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 at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
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
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2025.
1,324 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 71 births in a single year.
Kailie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
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).
Kailie decade highlights
- Peak decade 579 births
- Runner-up 413 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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 vs 15 similarly-sized girls names
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.
Top 5 states
- California 11.1% of nationwide
- Texas 3.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.3% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.1% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Kailie: Baby Name Since 1984 - 1,324 Births, Peak 1999." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kailie. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 June 2026.
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