Kaylee
Kaylee is a feminine given name. The name is a modern English combination of the name elements Kay and Lee.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Kaylee
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kaylee is a feminine given name. The name is a modern English combination of the name elements Kay and Lee.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Kaylee
American parents first put Kaylee on the record books as a baby girl name in 1943, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2009, when 7,219 Kaylees were born — ranking #26 that year. About 40% of every Kaylee on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Kaylee ranks #266 for baby girls with 1,214 births, falling sharply (-44%). All told, over 142K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Kaylee
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Kaylee. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Kaylee
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About the name Kaylee
Kaylee is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1943 and has accumulated 142K births in the dataset. Kaylee's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #26. Use the chart and map above to compare Kaylee's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.