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

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Peak · girls
1993 · 546 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
13,682
since 1967

Kaley over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kaley has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988peak #457, 1993girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,83238—
2024#2,69464—
2023#2,70464—
2022#2,38877—
2021#2,26681—
2020#2,00593—
2019#1,724120—
2018#1,595134—
2017#1,348172—
2016#1,313182—
2015#1,234200—
2014#1,040249—
2013#1,030242—
2012#1,050240—
2011#1,079228—
2010#1,045238—
2009#1,027253—
2008#853328—
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1995#512479—
1994#519481#8,8005
1993#457546—
1992#470524—
1991#532438—
1990#601377—
1989#648318—
1988#662292—
1987#674274#6,9515
1986#741239—
1985#874183#6,5235
1984#1,232105#6,3155
1983#2,06948—
1982#1,95054—
1981#2,56336—
1980#2,69934—
1979#2,99728#6,0565
1978#2,94227—
1977#3,76119—
1976#4,15415—
1975#4,37014—
1974#6,2588—
1973#7,4356—
1972#6,5587—
1971#7,3886—
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1967#6,0426—
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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 1988

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedNHWashington: #430 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,791 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #362 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,760 girlsMNIllinois: #879 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 8,189 girlsILWisconsin: #579 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,731 girlsWIMichigan: #674 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,381 girlsMINew York: #1,132 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 11,405 girlsNYMassachusetts: #718 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,445 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedRIOregon: #486 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,138 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedSDIowa: #404 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,128 girlsIAIndiana: #322 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,262 girlsINOhio: #538 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,902 girlsOHPennsylvania: #967 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 11,652 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #783 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 6,527 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedUTColorado: #361 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,318 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedDEArizona: #626 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,198 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedNMKansas: #421 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,864 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedARTennessee: #644 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,786 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedMSAlabama: #448 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,088 girlsALGeorgia: #558 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,458 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedHITexas: #702 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 5,578 girlsTXFlorida: #242 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 1,519 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Florida#242 · 1 in 1,519
  2. Indiana#322 · 1 in 2,262
  3. Colorado#361 · 1 in 2,318
  4. Minnesota#362 · 1 in 2,760
  5. Iowa#404 · 1 in 3,128

Best ever in a state: #139 in Florida, 1993.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Florida#242481 in 1,519
Indiana#322151 in 2,262
Colorado#36191 in 2,318
Minnesota#362101 in 2,760
Iowa#40451 in 3,128
Kansas#42151 in 2,864
Washington#430101 in 2,791
Alabama#44871 in 3,088
Oregon#48651 in 3,138
Ohio#538141 in 4,902
Georgia#55891 in 4,458
Wisconsin#57951 in 5,731
Arizona#62661 in 4,198
Tennessee#64451 in 5,786
Michigan#67491 in 6,381
Texas#702231 in 5,578
Massachusetts#71851 in 7,445
California#783351 in 6,527
Illinois#87991 in 8,189
Pennsylvania#96761 in 11,652
New York#1,132101 in 11,405
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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
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s20#4,779 (1968)#6,097
1970s130#2,942 (1978)#5,096
1980s1,583#648 (1989)#1,411
1990s4,905#457 (1993)#504
2000s4,622#495 (2003)#638
2010s2,005#1,030 (2013)#1,246
2020s417#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 1988

girls
#662
292 births · 1 in 6,099 girls

Top girls' names in 1988

  1. #1Jessica51,556
  2. #2Ashley49,977
  3. #3Amanda39,459
  4. #4Sarah28,374
  5. #5Jennifer27,893
  6. #6Brittany26,816
  7. #7Stephanie22,843
  8. #8Samantha20,700
  9. #9Nicole20,315
  10. #10Elizabeth20,042
  11. #662Kaley292
More about 1988

girls

1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 6,099 of them was named Kaley, which outranked 95.2% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kaley
  1. #659Fatima293
  2. #659Paris293
  3. #659Rosanna293
  4. #662Kaley292
  5. #662Chantal292
  6. #662Kelsi292
  7. #665Kyle290
  8. #665Martina290
  9. #667Alecia289

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,890Jalissa#3,857 → #967
  2. ↑ 2,381Taja#3,101 → #720
  3. ↑ 1,710Whitley#2,156 → #446
  4. ↑ 1,225Jalisa#1,662 → #437
  5. ↑ 883Jaleesa#1,227 → #344
Fallers
  1. ↓ 620Channing#590 → #1,210
  2. ↓ 346Denisse#954 → #1,300
  3. ↓ 319Jeana#966 → #1,285
  4. ↓ 314Eliana#826 → #1,140
  5. ↓ 311Nakia#893 → #1,204

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1988 →