Girls' name · since 1968
Kaylie
Kaylie has 22,101 recorded births since 1968 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #995 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,454 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 22,101
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kaylie is the #1454 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 22,101 recorded since 1968.
Kaylie has 22,101 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1454 as of the latest data, more common than 92% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2025.
- #995 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,454 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 22,101 born since 1968
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaylie ranks #995 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,454 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 22,101 born since 1968, peaking in the 2000s.
- #995 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,454 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 22,101
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kaylie's 22,101 recorded births place it above 98.62% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
48 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Kaylie compares
22,101 Top 6% higher than 94% 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
Kaylie's all-time total is 59x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kaylie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 22,101 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,195 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kaylie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kaylie splits its recorded history at 2001: 72% of all births land in the more recent half, 28% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1971 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 1,195 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kaylie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 1,195
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Kaylie by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (9,621 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Kaylie's strongest decade.
9,621 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Kaylie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
- 1970s 18
1970s
18 births
- 1980s 854
1980s
854 births
- 1990s
1990s
4,575 births
- 2000s
2000s
9,621 births
- 2010s
2010s
5,732 births
- 2020s 1,294
2020s
1,294 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 9,621 births (44% of all-time use).
How Kaylie 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 Kaylie's total volume
Kaylie by state
Where Kaylie concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 3,040 | 13.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,319 | 10.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 1,075 | 4.9% |
| #4 | New York | | 1,037 | 4.7% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 854 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 818 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 656 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 627 | 2.8% |
3,040 of 22,101 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 48 reporting states.
Kaylie appears in 48 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kaylie's data
- Kaylie's decade-level peak was the 2000s (9,621 total births); usage has since declined to 1,294 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Kaylies (3,040 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Kaylie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~57 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, 1968–2025 (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 Kaylie 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.