Girls' name · since 1978
Kilee
1,826 babies named Kilee in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,999 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,826
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kilee is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 1,826 have been recorded since 1978.
Kilee has 1,826 recorded births among girls since 1978, 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 1978 to 2024.
- #4,999 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,826 born since 1978
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kilee ranks #4,999 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,826 born since 1978, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,999 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,826
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kilee's 1,826 recorded births place it above 93.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
18 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Kilee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kilee's SSA record in two at 2002 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 2024, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 109, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kilee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2024
- Peak year (2008)
- 109
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Kilee by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (840 births, 46% of the file).
2000s was Kilee's strongest decade.
840 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Kilee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 31
1970s
31 births
- 1980s 117
1980s
117 births
- 1990s
1990s
377 births
- 2000s
2000s
840 births
- 2010s
2010s
402 births
- 2020s 59
2020s
59 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 840 births (46% of all-time use).
How Kilee 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 Kilee's total volume
Kilee by state
Where Kilee concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 80 | 4.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 62 | 3.4% |
| #3 | Utah | | 50 | 2.7% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 39 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Florida | | 38 | 2.1% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 16 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Oklahoma | | 12 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 10 | 0.5% |
80 of 1,826 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Kilee appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kilee's data
- Kilee's decade-level peak was the 2000s (840 total births); usage has since declined to 59 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Kilees (80 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 Kilee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1978–2024 (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 Kilee 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.