Kayelee — girls' name
365 babies named Kayelee in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
365 girls have been named Kayelee since 1990, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2020.
- 365
- total births
- 1990–2020
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 45%
- born in that decade
45% of everyone ever named Kayelee was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Kayelee in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kayelee
The Social Security Administration has registered 365 babies named Kayelee between 1990 and 2020, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kayelee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kayelee performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 165 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kayelee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kayelee in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kayelee 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 365 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.
Kayelee at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kayelee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1990
- Peak year (2007)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
365 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 23 births in a single year.
Kayelee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 165 births that decade — 45% of Kayelee's all-time total
Kayelee decade highlights
- Peak decade 165 births
- Runner-up 98 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kayelee's strongest decade
165 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Kayelee by state
Where Kayelee concentrates geographically — total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.4% |
5 of 365 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1990–2020 (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.