Girls' name · since 1962
Kalee
3,883 babies named Kalee in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,045 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,123 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,883
- born since 1962
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kalee currently ranks #11123 among girls' names in America, with 3,883 babies recorded since 1962.
Kalee has 3,883 recorded births among girls since 1962, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11123 as of the latest data, more common than 36% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1962 to 2025.
- #3,045 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,123 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,883 born since 1962
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalee ranks #3,045 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,123 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,883 born since 1962, peaking in the 1990s.
- #3,045 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,123 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,883
- born since 1962
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kalee's 3,883 recorded births place it above 95.78% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
30 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Kalee compares
3,883 Top 16% higher than 84% 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
Kalee's all-time total is 10x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kalee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,883 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 189 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kalee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kalee's full recorded timeline at 1995, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1962, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 189 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kalee popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 189
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Kalee popularity over time - boys
74 total births recorded since 1990 (Kalee as boys' name)
Kalee by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (1,609 births, 41% of the file).
1990s was Kalee's strongest decade.
1,609 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Kalee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 32
1960s
32 births
- 1970s 99
1970s
99 births
- 1980s 633
1980s
633 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,609 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,059 births
- 2010s 368
2010s
368 births
- 2020s 83
2020s
83 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 1,609 births (41% of all-time use).
How Kalee 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 Kalee's total volume
Kalee by state
Where Kalee concentrates geographically, total births since 1962
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 312 | 8.0% |
| #2 | California | | 197 | 5.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 141 | 3.6% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 137 | 3.5% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 120 | 3.1% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 78 | 2.0% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 70 | 1.8% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 63 | 1.6% |
312 of 3,883 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.
Kalee appears in 30 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kalee's data
- Kalee's decade-level peak was the 1990s (1,609 total births); usage has since declined to 83 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Kalees (312 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kalee: 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 (~63 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, 1962–2025 (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 Kalee 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.