Kaylee

Where Kaylee comes from

Coined toward the end of the 20th century * A combination of Kay + Lee. * A variant of the surname Cayley or Keeley.
— Wiktionary's entry for Kaylee
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1943
    First appearance
    #4,691 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2001
    Kaylee McKeown born
    Australian swimmer
  3. 2008
    Kaylee Hottle born
    American actress
  4. 2009
    Peak, #26
    7,219 babies named Kaylee — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2017
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #84.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Kaylee McKeown · Australian swimmer, born 2001
  • Kaylee Hottle · American actress, 2008–2026
  • Kaylee DeFer · American actress, born 1986
  • Kaylee Marie Kaneshiro · American actress, born 1997
  • Kaylee Hunter · Canadian soccer player, born 2008

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.