Kailey

Where Kailey comes from

The dictionaries list Kailey as a given name — a female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Kaylee — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1970
    First appearance
    #7,995 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2003
    Kailey Willis born
    Maltese association football player
  3. 2003
    Kailey Allan born
    Canadian luger
  4. 2004
    Peak, #228
    1,439 babies named Kailey — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2013
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #452.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Kaylee.
Namesakes
  • Kailey Allan · Canadian luger, born 2003
  • Kailey Willis · Maltese association football player, born 2003

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.