Girls' name · since 2008
Kaylis
Since 2008, U.S. Social Security records show 18 babies named Kaylis, peaking in 2014. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #47,047 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kaylis sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 18 recorded since 2008.
Kaylis has 18 recorded births among girls since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2017.
- #47,047 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 18 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaylis ranks #47,047 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #47,047 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kaylis's 18 recorded births place it above 34.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kaylis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kaylis splits its recorded history at 2014: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2017 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kaylis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2017
- Peak year (2014)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Kaylis by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (12 births, 67% of the file).
2010s was Kaylis's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Kaylis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 12 births (67% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kaylis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2008–2017 (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 Kaylis 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.