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Kaylee

Meaning not yet sourced

Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #61 in 2015, #255 in 2025

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #61, 2016: #72, 2017: #84, 2018: #97, 2019: #114, 2020: #117, 2021: #139, 2022: #161, 2023: #183, 2024: #220, 2025: #2551 in 1,334 girls in the US, 2025#255 · falling · was #61 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #1,168, 2016: #1,211, 2017: #1,105, 2018: #1,343, 2019: #1,497, 2020: #1,618, 2021: #1,311, 2022: #1,245, 2023: #1,863, 2024: #2,254, 2025: #2,0061 in 18,092 girls in E&W, 2025#2,006 · falling · was #1,168 in 2015

Girl’s name · from a surname · /ˈkeɪli/

What Kaylee means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Kaylee yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #61 in 2015, #255 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Kaylee?

US 2025
#255
1,205 babies
▼ 35 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#2006
14 babies
▲ 248 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Falling: down from #61 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1168 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 girls born. Dot: biggest US share (2009)

Biggest US share so far: 2009, when 7,219 girls got the name (#26 that year). First in the US records in 1943.

How common

  • About 1 in 1,334 baby girls in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 18,092 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in RI (3.67 per 1,000 girls), DC (3.47 per 1,000 girls), DE (2.66 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Kaylee is #255 in the US and #2006 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#2551,2051 in 1,334#61
England & Wales#2006141 in 18,092#1168
Scotland––––

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Kaylee were girls.

GirlsBoys
US 20251,2050
England & Wales 2025140
US all years since 1880140,425176
England & Wales since 19961,2310

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

/ˈkeɪli/

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

  • Kayla838 US · 110 E&W
  • Kylee306 US
  • Kailey153 US
  • Kailee98 US
  • Caylee84 US
  • Kayley45 US · 3 E&W
  • Kaylah38 US · 6 E&W
  • Kayli43 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Kaylee

Girls

  • Makenzie#700Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #210 in 2015, #700 in 2025
  • Hailey#104“hay + clearing”
  • Mckenzie#576Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2000, with 2,528 babies; 517 in 2025
  • Kendall#328“spring + valley”
  • Macy#718Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2003, with 1,483 babies; 390 in 2025
  • Madison#40Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1970, with 5 babies

For a brother

  • Keegan#621“son of Aidan”
  • Preston#299Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #299 vs #914 in 2025
  • Keaton#769possibly “hedge, enclosure + farmstead, settlement”
  • Peyton#683Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2007, with 3,375 babies; 398 in 2025
  • Drake#827“dragon”
  • Chase#192Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2009, with 7,394 babies; 1,904 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Kaylee’s. Rank is US 2025.

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