Kylie — #189 US girls' name
120,379 babies named Kylie in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99% of names given to girls today.
39% of everyone ever named Kylie was born in this single decade.
5,558 babies were named Kylie in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kylie
The Social Security Administration has registered 120,379 babies named Kylie between 1960 and 2024, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kylie currently holds the #189 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 5,558 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kylie performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 46,438 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kylie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12,807 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Kylie in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kylie 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 120,379 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.
Kylie at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Kylie popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1960
- Peak year (2003)
- 5,558
- Annual births at peak — across 65 years of records
Currently ranks #189 among girls.
120,379 total births across 65 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 5,558 births in a single year.
Kylie popularity over time — boys
450 total births recorded since 1972 (Kylie as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Kylie accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kylie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 46,438 births that decade — 39% of Kylie's all-time total
Kylie decade highlights
- Peak decade 46,438 births
- Runner-up 36,111 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kylie's strongest decade
46,438 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Kylie by state
Where Kylie concentrates geographically — total births since 1960
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 12,807 | 10.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 9,861 | 8.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 6,170 | 5.1% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 5,794 | 4.8% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 5,464 | 4.5% |
| #6 | New York | | 5,117 | 4.3% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 4,783 | 4.0% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 3,764 | 3.1% |
12,807 of 120,379 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.6% of nationwide
- Texas 8.2% of nationwide
- Florida 5.1% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.8% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kylie 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, 1960–2024 (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.