Kayley

#3,389 for girls in 2025, 45 births

Peak · girls
1999 · 461 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,586
since 1977

Kayley over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kayley has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201999peak #548, 1999girls
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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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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#3,38945
2024#3,22549
2023#2,97556
2022#2,51071
2021#2,71563
2020#2,24180
2019#2,65165
2018#2,01497
2017#1,976100
2016#1,704125
2015#1,622132
2014#1,526143
2013#1,292181
2012#1,128218
2011#1,160211
2010#1,075231
2009#929288
2008#819349
2007#840338
2006#732383
2005#638438
2004#666411
2003#692377
2002#734332
2001#669375
2000#645388
1999#548461
1998#555446
1997#802259
1996#803256
1995#914206
1994#848235
1993#943200
1992#969197
1991#1,128157
1990#1,198142
1989#1,123147
1988#1,376103
1987#1,58179
1986#1,75166
1985#2,48439
1984#4,31817
1983#8,0477
1982#6,8889
1981#6,8049
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First appearance
1977

The first year at least five girls were named Kayley! It came in at #9,652, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1977–1980, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Kayley is popular in 1999

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kayley, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kayley, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kayley, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #216 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 954 girlsNHWashington: #413 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,087 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kayley, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kayley, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kayley, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #581 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,163 girlsMNIllinois: #500 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 3,036 girlsILWisconsin: #447 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,804 girlsWIMichigan: #543 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,664 girlsMINew York: #786 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 5,546 girlsNYMassachusetts: #471 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,137 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kayley, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kayley, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kayley, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kayley, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kayley, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kayley, so not publishedIAIndiana: #515 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,321 girlsINOhio: #436 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 2,676 girlsOHPennsylvania: #515 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,621 girlsPANew Jersey: #591 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,776 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kayley, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #736 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 5,216 girlsCAUtah: #312 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,384 girlsUTColorado: #606 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,295 girlsCONebraska: #339 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,600 girlsNEMissouri: #434 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,660 girlsMOKentucky: #302 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,673 girlsKYWest Virginia: #241 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,212 girlsWVVirginia: #493 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,123 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kayley, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kayley, so not publishedDEArizona: #848 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,075 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kayley, so not publishedNMKansas: #442 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,186 girlsKSArkansas: #318 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,473 girlsARTennessee: #373 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,187 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #401 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,361 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #405 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,121 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kayley, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Kayley, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #449 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,448 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kayley, so not publishedMSAlabama: #590 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,516 girlsALGeorgia: #503 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,049 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kayley, so not publishedHITexas: #746 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 5,077 girlsTXFlorida: #490 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 3,113 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Hampshire#216 · 1 in 954
  2. West Virginia#241 · 1 in 1,212
  3. Kentucky#302 · 1 in 1,673
  4. Utah#312 · 1 in 1,384
  5. Arkansas#318 · 1 in 1,473

Best ever in a state: #173 in Montana, 2002.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Hampshire#21651 in 954
West Virginia#24161 in 1,212
Kentucky#302121 in 1,673
Utah#312121 in 1,384
Arkansas#31881 in 1,473
Nebraska#33951 in 1,600
Tennessee#373141 in 2,187
North Carolina#401181 in 2,361
South Carolina#40581 in 2,121
Washington#413141 in 2,087
Missouri#434111 in 2,660
Ohio#436231 in 2,676
Kansas#44261 in 2,186
Wisconsin#44791 in 2,804
Louisiana#44991 in 2,448
Massachusetts#471101 in 3,137
Florida#490241 in 3,113
Virginia#493111 in 3,123
Illinois#500231 in 3,036
Georgia#503151 in 3,049
Indiana#515101 in 3,321
Pennsylvania#515161 in 3,621
Michigan#543141 in 3,664
Minnesota#58161 in 4,163
Alabama#59061 in 3,516
New Jersey#591111 in 3,776
Colorado#60671 in 3,295
California#736421 in 5,216
Texas#746291 in 5,077
New York#786181 in 5,546
Arizona#84861 in 5,075
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See more about Kayley
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 164 spots since 2024 (#3,225 → #3,389)
  • 1,148 spots since 2020 (#2,241 → #3,389)
  • 1,767 spots since 2015 (#1,622 → #3,389)
  • Biggest jump: 247 spots in 1998 (#802 → #555)
  • Biggest drop: 146 spots in 2010 (#929 → #1,075)
Rise & fade · girls
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1977
  • Peaked 1999 at #548 (461 births)
  • Births halved by 2011, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 18 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1992–2009
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,848
  • Highest: 1 in 3,848 girls born in 1999 were named Kayley (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 35,717 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 42.8% of all girls named Kayley (3,679) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s5#9,652 (1977)#9,652
1980s476#1,123 (1989)#3,819
1990s2,559#548 (1999)#871
2000s3,679#638 (2005)#736
2010s1,503#1,075 (2010)#1,615
2020s364#2,241 (2020)#2,843

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.

Kayley in 1999

girls
#548
461 births · 1 in 3,848 girls

Top girls' names in 1999

  1. #1Emily26,542
  2. #2Hannah21,679
  3. #3Alexis19,237
  4. #4Sarah19,119
  5. #5Samantha19,044
  6. #6Ashley18,136
  7. #7Madison18,054
  8. #8Taylor16,906
  9. #9Jessica16,350
  10. #10Elizabeth15,350
  11. #548Kayley461
More about 1999

girls

1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 3,848 of them was named Kayley, which outranked 96.8% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kayley
  1. #544Montana462
  2. #544Nathalie462
  3. #544Robin462
  4. #548Kayley461
  5. #548Regina461
  6. #550Carina459
  7. #551Kacie458
  8. #552Kenya456

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

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,407Citlalli#2,338 → #931
  2. ↑ 1,329Noelia#2,048 → #719
  3. ↑ 1,060Amaya#1,458 → #398
  4. ↑ 864Kyara#1,789 → #925
  5. ↑ 604Journey#1,557 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 579Erykah#779 → #1,358
  2. ↓ 417Tea#747 → #1,164
  3. ↓ 415Tasia#800 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 406Monika#930 → #1,336
  5. ↓ 357Chase#952 → #1,309

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

See the top 100 for 1999 →