Kylee
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Meaning
variant spelling of Kylie, a modern coined name
The story
Kylee is Kylie in American spelling, a modern coined name whose Australian original is usually traced to an Aboriginal word for boomerang, though the name's global run plainly owes more to sound than to etymology. Kylee appears in the US record in the 1970s, climbs through the 1990s, and peaks across the 2000s and 2010s, the heart of the -ee spelling era that also gave classrooms Kaylee, Rylee, and Brylee. It has eased in the 2020s alongside the whole family. The double-e ending is the tell for its generation, a spelling marker as datable as -ette was for another age, and Kylee stands as the American branch of a name family that circled the world on pure melody. Whether the spelling now reads as dated or as warmly nostalgic is the open question facing every -ee name of that cohort.
How popular is Kylee around the world?
In the United States, 2,462 babies were named Kylee between 2020 and 2025.
Kylee is on the official records of the United States and Canada.
United States
1 in 8,900
In the United States, 2,462 babies were named Kylee between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Kylee peaked in the 2000s and the 2010s in nearly equal measure. Kylee went to 1,407 US babies in 2015 and 306 in 2025, 22% of the earlier figure.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Canada
1 in 30,000
In Canada, 12 girls named Kylee were born in 2024, ranked 1,854th among girls that year.
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)
Montevideo City
last on record 2001
Kylee 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
New Zealand
last on record 1989
Kylee is not on the 2025 record for New Zealand, where names under 10 in a year are excluded at source.
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
South Australia
last on record 2001
Kylee is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.
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
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, England and Wales, Ireland, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Kylee
Most people given the name Kylee 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.
Keep exploring
The Kylee deep dive
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