Kayley
Kaylee is a feminine given name. The name is a modern English combination of the name elements Kay and Lee.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Kayley
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 Kayley
American parents first put Kayley on the record books as a baby girl name in 1977, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1999, when 461 Kayleys were born — ranking #548 that year. About 43% of every Kayley on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Kayley ranks #3,460 for baby girls with 45 births, falling sharply (-34%). All told, over 9K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Kayley
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About the name Kayley
Kayley is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1977 and has accumulated 9K births in the dataset. Kayley's peak popularity came in 1999 when it ranked #548. Use the chart and map above to compare Kayley'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 .
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