Kaylea — #7688 US girls' name
3,094 babies named Kaylea in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 56% of names given to girls today.
39% of everyone ever named Kaylea was born in this single decade.
158 babies were named Kaylea in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaylea
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,094 babies named Kaylea between 1978 and 2024, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaylea currently holds the #7688 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 158 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaylea performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,216 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kaylea shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 305 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaylea in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaylea 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 3,094 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.
Kaylea at a glance
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Current rank
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Kaylea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1978
- Peak year (1999)
- 158
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
Currently ranks #7688 among girls.
3,094 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 158 births in a single year.
Kaylea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,216 births that decade — 39% of Kaylea's all-time total
Kaylea decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,216 births
- Runner-up 1,086 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kaylea's strongest decade
1,216 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Kaylea by state
Where Kaylea concentrates geographically — total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 305 | 9.9% |
| #2 | Missouri | | 97 | 3.1% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 77 | 2.5% |
| #4 | Oklahoma | | 68 | 2.2% |
| #5 | California | | 67 | 2.2% |
| #6 | Florida | | 61 | 2.0% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 58 | 1.9% |
| #8 | Arkansas | | 54 | 1.7% |
305 of 3,094 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 26 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.9% of nationwide
- Missouri 3.1% of nationwide
- Tennessee 2.5% of nationwide
- Oklahoma 2.2% of nationwide
- California 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 26 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kaylea appears in 26 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1978–2024 (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.