Kaley
- #3,832 for girls in 2025, 38 births
- Last seen for boys in 1994 at #8,800
- Given to girls 99.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1993 · 546 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 13,682since 1967
Kaley over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Kaley has never cracked the top 400 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,832 | 38 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,694 | 64 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,704 | 64 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,388 | 77 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,266 | 81 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,005 | 93 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,724 | 120 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,595 | 134 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,348 | 172 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,313 | 182 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,234 | 200 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,040 | 249 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,030 | 242 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,050 | 240 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,079 | 228 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,045 | 238 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,027 | 253 | — | |
| 2008 | #853 | 328 | — | |
| 2007 | #708 | 413 | — | |
| 2006 | #671 | 428 | — | |
| 2005 | #558 | 513 | — | |
| 2004 | #519 | 553 | — | |
| 2003 | #495 | 578 | — | |
| 2002 | #507 | 543 | — | |
| 2001 | #525 | 508 | — | |
| 2000 | #521 | 505 | — | |
| 1999 | #480 | 540 | — | |
| 1998 | #500 | 510 | — | |
| 1997 | #488 | 508 | — | |
| 1996 | #480 | 502 | — | |
| 1995 | #512 | 479 | — | |
| 1994 | #519 | 481 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #457 | 546 | — | |
| 1992 | #470 | 524 | — | |
| 1991 | #532 | 438 | — | |
| 1990 | #601 | 377 | — | |
| 1989 | #648 | 318 | — | |
| 1988 | #662 | 292 | — | |
| 1987 | #674 | 274 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #741 | 239 | — | |
| 1985 | #874 | 183 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #1,232 | 105 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #2,069 | 48 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,950 | 54 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,563 | 36 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,699 | 34 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,997 | 28 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #2,942 | 27 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,761 | 19 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,370 | 14 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | — | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | — | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | — | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | — | |
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| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1967
The first year at least five girls were named Kaley! It came in at #6,042, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1969–1970, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kaley is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- California#2,767 · 1 in 26,954
- Texas#2,921 · 1 in 26,757
Best ever in a state: #139 in Florida, 1993.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| California | #2,767 | 6 | 1 in 26,954 |
| Texas | #2,921 | 6 | 1 in 26,757 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 1,827 spots since 2020 (#2,005 → #3,832)
- Biggest jump: 358 spots in 1985
- Biggest drop: 174 spots in 2009
Rise & fade · girls
26 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1967
- Peaked 1993 at #457 (546 births)
- Births halved by 2009, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 24 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1985–2008
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,161
- Highest: 1 in 3,161 girls born in 2003 were named Kaley (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 42,297 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #457 in 1993, was only 1 in 3,313 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 35.9% of all girls named Kaley (4,905) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20 | #4,779 (1968) | #6,097 |
| 1970s | 130 | #2,942 (1978) | #5,096 |
| 1980s | 1,583 | #648 (1989) | #1,411 |
| 1990s | 4,905 | #457 (1993) | #504 |
| 2000s | 4,622 | #495 (2003) | #638 |
| 2010s | 2,005 | #1,030 (2013) | #1,246 |
| 2020s | 417 | #2,005 (2020) | #2,648 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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