Kylee — #823 US girls' name
50,026 babies named Kylee in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 95% of names given to girls today.
42% of everyone ever named Kylee was born in this single decade.
2,385 babies were named Kylee in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kylee
The Social Security Administration has registered 50,026 babies named Kylee between 1965 and 2024, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kylee currently holds the #823 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 2,385 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kylee performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 21,165 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kylee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 4,015 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Kylee in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kylee 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 50,026 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.
Kylee at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Kylee popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1965
- Peak year (2008)
- 2,385
- Annual births at peak — across 60 years of records
Currently ranks #823 among girls.
50,026 total births across 60 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 2,385 births in a single year.
Kylee popularity over time — boys
498 total births recorded since 1979 (Kylee as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Kylee accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kylee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 21,165 births that decade — 42% of Kylee's all-time total
Kylee decade highlights
- Peak decade 21,165 births
- Runner-up 14,621 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kylee's strongest decade
21,165 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Kylee by state
Where Kylee concentrates geographically — total births since 1965
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 4,015 | 8.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 3,623 | 7.2% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 2,794 | 5.6% |
| #4 | Florida | | 2,260 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 2,205 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Utah | | 1,941 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 1,818 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 1,701 | 3.4% |
4,015 of 50,026 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.0% of nationwide
- Texas 7.2% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.6% of nationwide
- Florida 4.5% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kylee appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1965–2024 (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.