Kiley

Where Kiley comes from

The dictionaries list Kiley as a given name — a unisex given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage; compare Kylie — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • From a surname
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1958
    First appearance
    #6,103 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1976
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1993
    Kiley Neushul born
    American water polo player
  4. 1995
    Kiley McKinnon born
    American freestyle skier
  5. 2008
    Peak, #307
    1,090 babies named Kiley — more than any year before or since.
  6. 2014
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #660.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage; compare Kylie.
Namesakes
  • Kiley Neushul · American water polo player, born 1993
  • Kiley McKinnon · American freestyle skier, born 1995
  • Kiley Dean · American musician, born 1982
  • Kiley Reid · American novelist, born 1987

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.