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Kaylee

girl name
Origin
English
Syllables
2
Peak era
2000s/2010s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

a modern American blend, Kay plus the -lee ending, with echoes of the Gaelic ceilidh, a dance party; it multiplied through the 1990s into a dozen spellings. Bouncy, friendly, and newer than almost anything it charts beside

The story

Kaylee is a homegrown American blend, Kay joined to the ever-popular lee ending, with a happy echo of the Gaelic ceilidh, the dance party, humming underneath. Like most blended names it has no single inventor and no ancient record; it simply emerged, then multiplied, spinning off a dozen spellings from Kayleigh to Caylee as parents tuned it by ear. The US numbers show a flicker from the 1960s, steady warming through the 1980s, then the real bounce: a fast climb through the 1990s to a high plateau across the 2000s and 2010s, easing only a step in the 2020s. Kaylee is newer than almost anything it charts beside, and that is its charm. It carries no heavy history, asks nothing of a child but cheerfulness, and sounds exactly like what it is: bouncy, friendly, and glad to be here.

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How popular is Kaylee around the world?

In the United States, 10,385 babies were named Kaylee between 2020 and 2025. In South Australia, 15 girls were registered as Kaylee in 2017.

Kaylee is on the official records of the United States, South Australia, Canada, New Zealand, France, Scotland, Mexico City, England and Wales, Chile, Spain and Brazil.

United States

1 in 2,100

In the United States, 10,385 babies were named Kaylee between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2000s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Kaylee peaked in the 2000s and the 2010s in nearly equal measure. Kaylee went to 4,383 US babies in 2015 and 1,205 in 2025, 27% of the earlier figure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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South Australia

1 in 1,200 · 2017

In South Australia, 15 girls were registered as Kaylee in 2017.

1960peak 2010

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Canada

1 in 3,800

In Canada, 97 girls named Kaylee were born in 2024, the 309th most common name among girls that year.

1991peak 20092024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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New Zealand

1 in 4,400

In New Zealand, 13 girls named Kaylee were registered in 2025.

1990peak 20112025

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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France

1 in 14,000

In France, about 45 girls named Kaylee were born in 2025, the 827th most common name among girls that year.

2000peak 2024

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Scotland

1 in 15,000

In Scotland, 3 girls named Kaylee were registered in 2024, the 790th most common name among girls that year.

1974peak 19882024

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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Mexico City City

1 in 39,000

In Mexico City, there were 3 registrations of Kaylee in 2022.

2000peak 20092022

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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England and Wales

1 in 42,000

In England and Wales, 14 girls named Kaylee were born in 2025, ranked 2,006th among girls that year.

peak 20022025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Chile

1 in 89,000

In Chile, 2 girls were registered as Kaylee in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

1980peak 2017

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Spain

1 in 1.1M

In Spain, 41 residents are named Kaylee, ranked 16,670th among women, with a mean age of 8.8 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Argentina

last on record 2023

Kaylee is not on the 2024 record for Argentina, where small counts are withheld at source.

2012peak 2022

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Austria

last on record 2023

Kaylee is not on the 2025 record for Austria, which publishes every first name down to a single birth, so the name was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Brazil

At the 2022 census, 30 people in Brazil were named Kaylee, ranked 94,398th, with a median age of 6.

People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Ireland

last on record 2024

Kaylee is not on the 2025 record for Ireland, where names under 3 in a year are withheld at source.

1980peak 2018

share of that year’s name registrations

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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Montevideo City

last on record 2010

Kaylee is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Puerto Rico

last on record 2024

Kaylee is not on the 2025 record for Puerto Rico, which withholds births under 5, and 222 babies have carried the name there since 1998.

1998peak 2019

share of that year’s births on record

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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Not on the record in Poland: that registry withholds small counts, so rare uses may sit below its floor.

Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Kaylee

Most people given the name Kaylee in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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