Girls' name · since 1984
Keylee
Keylee has 1,542 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,594 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,259 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,542
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Keylee is the #7259 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,542 recorded since 1984.
Keylee has 1,542 recorded births among girls since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7259 as of the latest data, more common than 58% 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 1984 to 2025.
- #5,594 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,259 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,542 born since 1984
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keylee ranks #5,594 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,259 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,542 born since 1984, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,594 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,259 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,542
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Keylee's 1,542 recorded births place it above 92.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
14 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Keylee compares
1,542 Top 26% higher than 74% 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
Keylee's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Keylee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,542 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 106 | 21 | 19,840 |
Keylee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Keylee's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 64% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 36%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1985, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 106, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Keylee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 106
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Keylee by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (679 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Keylee's strongest decade.
679 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Keylee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 30
1980s
30 births
- 1990s 233
1990s
233 births
- 2000s
2000s
679 births
- 2010s
2010s
496 births
- 2020s 104
2020s
104 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 679 births (44% of all-time use).
How Keylee 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 Keylee's total volume
Keylee by state
Where Keylee concentrates geographically, total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 139 | 9.0% |
| #2 | California | | 65 | 4.2% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 47 | 3.0% |
| #4 | Kentucky | | 33 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 21 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 18 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Florida | | 17 | 1.1% |
| #8 | Oklahoma | | 16 | 1.0% |
139 of 1,542 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Keylee appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Keylee's data
- Keylee's decade-level peak was the 2000s (679 total births); usage has since declined to 104 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Keylees (139 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Keylee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1984–2025 (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 Keylee 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.