Kyley — #12444 US girls' name
1,596 babies named Kyley in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 30% of names given to girls today.
40% of everyone ever named Kyley was born in this single decade.
75 babies were named Kyley in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kyley
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,596 babies named Kyley between 1978 and 2024, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kyley currently holds the #12444 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 75 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kyley performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 640 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kyley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 74 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Kyley in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kyley 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 1,596 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.
Kyley at a glance
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Current rank
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Kyley popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1978
- Peak year (2006)
- 75
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
Currently ranks #12444 among girls.
1,596 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 75 births in a single year.
Kyley popularity over time — boys
76 total births recorded since 1970 (Kyley as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Kyley accounts for 5% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kyley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 640 births that decade — 40% of Kyley's all-time total
Kyley decade highlights
- Peak decade 640 births
- Runner-up 427 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kyley's strongest decade
640 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Kyley by state
Where Kyley concentrates geographically — total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 74 | 4.6% |
| #2 | California | | 64 | 4.0% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 16 | 1.0% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 15 | 0.9% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 11 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Missouri | | 11 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Florida | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Washington | | 7 | 0.4% |
74 of 1,596 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.6% of nationwide
- California 4.0% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.0% of nationwide
- Ohio 0.9% of nationwide
- Indiana 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 12 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kyley appears in 12 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, 1978–2024 (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.