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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Kaley has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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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 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kansas#296 · 1 in 1,831
- Florida#379 · 1 in 2,610
- Indiana#409 · 1 in 3,404
- Tennessee#435 · 1 in 3,472
- Colorado#444 · 1 in 3,137
Best ever in a state: #139 in Florida, 1993.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | #296 | 8 | 1 in 1,831 |
| Florida | #379 | 25 | 1 in 2,610 |
| Indiana | #409 | 10 | 1 in 3,404 |
| Tennessee | #435 | 8 | 1 in 3,472 |
| Colorado | #444 | 7 | 1 in 3,137 |
| Washington | #523 | 7 | 1 in 3,949 |
| Alabama | #552 | 5 | 1 in 4,357 |
| Illinois | #768 | 10 | 1 in 7,299 |
| Michigan | #831 | 6 | 1 in 9,544 |
| Ohio | #900 | 6 | 1 in 11,515 |
| Texas | #1,127 | 11 | 1 in 12,123 |
| California | #1,365 | 13 | 1 in 15,558 |
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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.
See more about Kaley
- 1,138 spots since 2024 (#2,694 → #3,832)
- 1,827 spots since 2020 (#2,005 → #3,832)
- 2,598 spots since 2015 (#1,234 → #3,832)
- Biggest jump: 358 spots in 1985 (#1,232 → #874)
- Biggest drop: 174 spots in 2009 (#853 → #1,027)
- Debuted 1967
- Peaked 1993 at #457 (546 births)
- Births halved by 2009, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1985–2008
- 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
- 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.
Kaley in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 9,403 of them was named Kaley, which outranked 93.0% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #863Rosemarie185
- #872Cory184
- #872Jason184
- #874Kaley183
- #874Hilda183
- #874Jessi183
- #874Mckenzie183
- #880Alysha182
- #880Charmaine182
- #880Justin182
Tied with 5 names at #874; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 369,642 of them was named Kaley, which outranked 14.0% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,063 names at #6,523; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.