Kaylie
Kaylee is a feminine given name. The name is a modern English combination of the name elements Kay and Lee.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Kaylie
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 Kaylie
American parents first put Kaylie on the record books as a baby girl name in 1968, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2006, when 1,195 Kaylies were born — ranking #281 that year. About 43% of every Kaylie on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Kaylie ranks #1,363 for baby girls with 165 births, falling sharply (-41%). All told, over 22K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Kaylie
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Kaylie. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Kaylie
Kaylie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1968 and has accumulated 22K births in the dataset. Kaylie's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #281. Use the chart and map above to compare Kaylie'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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