Klee — #12540 US girls' name
380 babies named Klee in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 29% of names given to girls today.
39% of everyone ever named Klee was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Klee in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Klee
The Social Security Administration has registered 380 babies named Klee between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Klee currently holds the #12540 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Klee performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 150 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Klee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 48 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Klee in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Klee in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 380 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Klee at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Klee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1988
- Peak year (1998)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
Currently ranks #12540 among girls.
380 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 22 births in a single year.
Klee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 150 births that decade — 39% of Klee's all-time total
Klee decade highlights
- Peak decade 150 births
- Runner-up 117 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Klee's strongest decade
150 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Klee by state
Where Klee concentrates geographically — total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 48 | 12.6% |
48 of 380 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 12.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 12.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1988–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.