How Many People Are Named Kaylee?

139,128

people named Kaylee are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 2,456 people in the US has this name

Based on 140,601 babies named Kaylee in Social Security records from 1943 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#391

⭐ Uncommon

Rank Among Girl Names

#202

See the top 100

Peak Year

2009

7,225 births

Trend

↓

Declining (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English (Modern)
Pronunciation: KAY-lee
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Combination of KAY (1) and the popular name suffix lee.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Same Sound, Other Spellings

These names are pronounced like Kaylee in English. Counting Kaylee and these spellings together, about 278,607 people alive in the US have the name.

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⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
99.9%
Male
0.1%

Almost all of the babies given the name Kaylee (99.9%) were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Kaylee alive today is about 18 years old, and 90% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 24 in 2025.

Under 30 124,720
89.6%
30 to 59 14,369
10.3%
60 and over 40
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Kaylee first appears in the records in 1943 and was given most often in 2009, to 7,225 babies. In 2025, 1,205 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.

Babies given the name each year, 1943 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Kaylee never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #26, in 2009, and it was in the top 100 for 21 years, 1998 to 2018. In 2025 it ranked #255.

Girls
Rank in 2025#255
Best rank#26 (2009)
Years in the top 10021 (1998 to 2018)
Rank in its biggest decade#44 in the 2000s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Kaylee alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Kaylee were born in California than in any other state: about 14,744 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kaylee was given 2.5 times as often in Wyoming, 2.1 times in North Dakota and 2.1 times in West Virginia.

California 14,744
Texas 13,279
Florida 6,944
New York 6,447
Ohio 5,694
Pennsylvania 4,823
Illinois 4,644
Michigan 4,529
Georgia 4,475
North Carolina 4,256
Tennessee 3,890
Indiana 3,507
Missouri 3,355
Washington 3,207
Kentucky 3,158
Virginia 3,041
Arizona 2,725
New Jersey 2,545
Oklahoma 2,534
Utah 2,532
Alabama 2,502
Minnesota 2,477
Wisconsin 2,475
Louisiana 2,188
Colorado 2,151
Massachusetts 2,091
Maryland 1,898
South Carolina 1,879
Iowa 1,877
Arkansas 1,863
Oregon 1,745
Mississippi 1,673
Kansas 1,588
West Virginia 1,318
Connecticut 1,144
Nebraska 1,132
Nevada 1,104
Idaho 1,020
New Mexico 817
Maine 572
South Dakota 564
North Dakota 539
New Hampshire 503
Hawaii 500
Montana 497
Rhode Island 407
Alaska 393
Delaware 307
Wyoming 292
Vermont 159
District of Columbia 101

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