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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202003peak #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—
2007#708413—
2006#671428—
2005#558513—
2004#519553—
2003#495578—
2002#507543—
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2000#521505—
1999#480540—
1998#500510—
1997#488508—
1996#480502—
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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1969#7,4715—
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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 2003

  • 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: #909 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,772 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: #750 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,183 girlsMNIllinois: #601 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 3,465 girlsILWisconsin: #560 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,589 girlsWIMichigan: #671 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,463 girlsMINew York: #1,381 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 10,901 girlsNYMassachusetts: #546 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,356 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedRIOregon: #399 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,804 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: #442 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,285 girlsIAIndiana: #279 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,350 girlsINOhio: #474 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,914 girlsOHPennsylvania: #490 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,975 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #661 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 4,121 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedUTColorado: #449 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,102 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedNEMissouri: #410 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,190 girlsMOKentucky: #252 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,231 girlsKYWest Virginia: #253 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,031 girlsWVVirginia: #485 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,574 girlsVAMaryland: #787 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,849 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedDEArizona: #713 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,746 girlsAZNew Mexico: #409 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,624 girlsNMKansas: #424 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,951 girlsKSArkansas: #506 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,383 girlsARTennessee: #215 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,086 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #338 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,673 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #505 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,422 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #734 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,153 girlsLAMississippi: #387 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,648 girlsMSAlabama: #222 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,034 girlsALGeorgia: #315 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,554 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedHITexas: #432 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 2,359 girlsTXFlorida: #253 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 1,267 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Tennessee#215 · 1 in 1,086
  2. Alabama#222 · 1 in 1,034
  3. Kentucky#252 · 1 in 1,231
  4. West Virginia#253 · 1 in 1,031
  5. Florida#253 · 1 in 1,267

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Tennessee#215281 in 1,086
Alabama#222191 in 1,034
Kentucky#252161 in 1,231
Florida#253631 in 1,267
West Virginia#25371 in 1,031
Indiana#279241 in 1,350
Georgia#315321 in 1,554
North Carolina#338261 in 1,673
Mississippi#38771 in 1,648
Oregon#39991 in 1,804
New Mexico#40951 in 1,624
Missouri#410131 in 2,190
Kansas#42471 in 1,951
Texas#432671 in 2,359
Iowa#44261 in 2,285
Colorado#449121 in 2,102
Ohio#474201 in 2,914
Virginia#485141 in 2,574
Pennsylvania#490191 in 2,975
South Carolina#50571 in 2,422
Arkansas#50651 in 2,383
Massachusetts#54691 in 3,356
Wisconsin#56071 in 3,589
Illinois#601201 in 3,465
California#661551 in 4,121
Michigan#671111 in 4,463
Arizona#71391 in 3,746
Louisiana#73451 in 4,153
Minnesota#75051 in 5,183
Maryland#78751 in 4,849
Washington#90951 in 5,772
New York#1,38191 in 10,901
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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 2003

girls
#495
578 births · 1 in 3,161 girls

Top girls' names in 2003

  1. #1Emily25,693
  2. #2Emma22,719
  3. #3Madison20,201
  4. #4Hannah17,638
  5. #5Olivia16,154
  6. #6Abigail15,932
  7. #7Alexis14,867
  8. #8Ashley14,519
  9. #9Elizabeth14,123
  10. #10Samantha13,870
  11. #495Kaley578
More about 2003

girls

1,827,145 girls got a published name in 2003; 1 in 3,161 of them was named Kaley, which outranked 97.3% of the 18,439 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kaley
  1. #492Alanna587
  2. #493Kailee584
  3. #494Joy583
  4. #495Kaley578
  5. #495Liberty578
  6. #497Fernanda577
  7. #498Susan576
  8. #499Tamara575

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

Biggest movers since 2002
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,689Laci#2,126 → #437
  2. ↑ 1,528Karyme#2,467 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,500Roselyn#2,467 → #967
  4. ↑ 1,326Kaydence#2,310 → #984
  5. ↑ 1,170Sherlyn#2,081 → #911
Fallers
  1. ↓ 481Odalys#951 → #1,432
  2. ↓ 400Kari#975 → #1,375
  3. ↓ 334Litzy#501 → #835
  4. ↓ 289Alysha#960 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 252Roxana#861 → #1,113

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

See the top 100 for 2003 →