Kayley

Where Kayley comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Kayley.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Kayley through the years
  1. 1977
    First appearance
    #9,652 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1994
    Kayley Carrigan born
    Filipino stuntwoman and action actress
  3. 1997
    Kayley Gunner born
    American pornographic actress
  4. 1999
    Peak, #548
    461 babies named Kayley, the most in any year.
  5. 2011
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,160.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Kaylee.
Namesakes
  • Kayley Gunner · American pornographic actress, born 1997
  • Kayley Carrigan · Filipino stuntwoman and action actress, born 1994

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.