How popular is the name Kaylee?

Kaylee ranks 184th among girls' names in US records, with 248,094 births since 1943. Over the past decade it accounts for 43,267.

Is Kaylee a unisex name?

No. Kaylee is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2009, when 12,144 children were given the name. It has been in use for 82 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Caley, Kaley, Kayleigh. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#184 of girl names

Pronounced K EY1 L IY0 (ARPABET)

Kaylee is a girls' name, and first appears in 1943. It has been given to 248,094 children — the 184th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 56% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2009, when 12,144 children were given it.

Three other spellings are counted in that total — Caley, Kaley and Kayleigh — because they are pronounced identically.

2009Girls: 12,144Boys: 6

These spellings sound identical to Kaylee and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Kaylee?: Kaylee ranks 184th among girls' names in US records, with 248,094 births since 1943. Over the past decade it accounts for 43,267.
Is Kaylee a unisex name?: No. Kaylee is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Kaylee most popular?: 2009, when 12,144 children were given the name. It has been in use for 82 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Kaylee spelled?: Caley, Kaley, Kayleigh. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.