Girls' name · since 1997
Kielee
Kielee has 150 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,768 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 150
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kielee sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 150 recorded since 1997.
Kielee has 150 recorded births among girls since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1997 to 2012.
- #22,768 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 150 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kielee ranks #22,768 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 150 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #22,768 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 150
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kielee's 150 recorded births place it above 68.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kielee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kielee splits its recorded history at 2005: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kielee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2012
- Peak year (2006)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2012.
150 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 20 births in a single year.
Kielee by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (117 births, 78% of the file).
2000s was Kielee's strongest decade.
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Kielee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
117 births
- 2010s 23
2010s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 117 births (78% of all-time use).
Kielee decade highlights
- Peak decade 117 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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- Kielee's decade-level peak was the 2000s (117 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kielee: 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 (~15 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, 1997–2012 (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 Kielee 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.
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