Kayley
Kayley is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 49 births. Its best rank was 548th, in 1999.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 490.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1999461 births
- Best rank
- #548in 1999
- Since 1977
- 8,541people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,541 girls have been named Kayley in the United States since 1977, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1999, with 461 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2003, and the 2000s alone account for 43%. It has spent 18 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1999, its biggest year
Kayley was the 548th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1999 were Emily, Hannah, Alexis, Sarah and Samantha. See all of 1999.
Names that rose and fell with Kayley
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kaylipeak 2003
- Kaeleepeak 2000
- Ashlinpeak 2007
- Mackenzipeak 2003
- Jazmynepeak 2006
- Aysiapeak 2009
- Kailiepeak 1999
- Shaylinpeak 2003
Other spellings in the data
- Kaylee139,199 ever
- Kailey27,089 ever
- Kaylie21,950 ever
- Kailee12,823 ever
- Caylee9,682 ever
- Kayli7,090 ever
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.