Kaylee — #220 US girls' name
139,199 babies named Kaylee in U.S. Social Security records since 1943, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99% of names given to girls today.
41% of everyone ever named Kaylee was born in this single decade.
7,219 babies were named Kaylee in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaylee
The Social Security Administration has registered 139,199 babies named Kaylee between 1943 and 2024, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaylee currently holds the #220 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 7,219 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaylee performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 56,432 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Kaylee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 14,745 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaylee in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaylee 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 139,199 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.
Kaylee at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
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Kaylee popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1943
- Peak year (2009)
- 7,219
- Annual births at peak — across 82 years of records
Currently ranks #220 among girls.
139,199 total births across 82 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 7,219 births in a single year.
Kaylee popularity over time — boys
176 total births recorded since 1988 (Kaylee as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Kaylee accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kaylee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 56,432 births that decade — 41% of Kaylee's all-time total
Kaylee decade highlights
- Peak decade 56,432 births
- Runner-up 44,618 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kaylee's strongest decade
56,432 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Kaylee by state
Where Kaylee concentrates geographically — total births since 1943
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 14,745 | 10.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 13,247 | 9.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 6,921 | 5.0% |
| #4 | New York | | 6,435 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 5,725 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 4,836 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 4,666 | 3.4% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 4,551 | 3.3% |
14,745 of 139,199 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.6% of nationwide
- Texas 9.5% of nationwide
- Florida 5.0% of nationwide
- New York 4.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kaylee appears in 51 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, 1943–2024 (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.