Girls' name · since 1974
Kaydee
Kaydee has 2,417 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,140 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,781 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,417
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kaydee is the #5781 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,417 recorded since 1974.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaydee has been recorded 2,417 times among girls since 1974, currently ranked #5781 nationally and more common than 67% 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 1974 to 2025.
- #4,140 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,781 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,417 born since 1974
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaydee ranks #4,140 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,781 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,417 born since 1974, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,140 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,781 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,417
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kaydee's 2,417 recorded births place it above 94.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
19 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Kaydee compares
2,417 Top 20% higher than 80% 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
Kaydee's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kaydee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,417 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 114 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kaydee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kaydee's full recorded timeline at 2000, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 114 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kaydee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 114
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Kaydee by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (840 births, 35% of the file).
2000s was Kaydee's strongest decade.
840 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Kaydee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 36
1970s
36 births
- 1980s 265
1980s
265 births
- 1990s
1990s
487 births
- 2000s
2000s
840 births
- 2010s
2010s
645 births
- 2020s 144
2020s
144 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 840 births (35% of all-time use).
How Kaydee 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 Kaydee's total volume
Kaydee by state
Where Kaydee concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 239 | 9.9% |
| #2 | California | | 187 | 7.7% |
| #3 | Utah | | 91 | 3.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 40 | 1.7% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 29 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 12 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Missouri | | 12 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Idaho | | 11 | 0.5% |
239 of 2,417 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Kaydee appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kaydee's data
- Kaydee's decade-level peak was the 2000s (840 total births); usage has since declined to 144 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Kaydees (239 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kaydee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1974–2025 (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 Kaydee 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.