Kiley
#2,778 for girls in 2025, 61 births · Last seen for boys in 2016 at #12,185
Given to girls 94.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2008 · 1,090 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 19,175since 1958
Kiley over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,778 | 61 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,889 | 57 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,789 | 61 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,579 | 68 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,309 | 79 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,818 | 108 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,789 | 114 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,506 | 145 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,268 | 186 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,164 | 216 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #897 | 307 | — | |
| 2014 | #660 | 433 | — | |
| 2013 | #533 | 560 | — | |
| 2012 | #512 | 595 | — | |
| 2011 | #422 | 737 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #378 | 840 | — | |
| 2009 | #359 | 895 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #307 | 1,090 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #367 | 887 | — | |
| 2006 | #428 | 742 | — | |
| 2005 | #384 | 815 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #373 | 840 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | #360 | 850 | #5,558 | 13 |
| 2002 | #399 | 731 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #429 | 643 | #4,890 | 15 |
| 2000 | #451 | 628 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #452 | 590 | #3,834 | 19 |
| 1998 | #537 | 466 | #3,849 | 18 |
| 1997 | #561 | 417 | #4,451 | 14 |
| 1996 | #575 | 401 | #3,678 | 18 |
| 1995 | #615 | 360 | #3,191 | 21 |
| 1994 | #685 | 307 | #4,094 | 15 |
| 1993 | #686 | 318 | #3,141 | 21 |
| 1992 | #700 | 308 | #2,834 | 24 |
| 1991 | #709 | 298 | #3,325 | 18 |
| 1990 | #752 | 276 | #2,308 | 30 |
| 1989 | #688 | 294 | #2,206 | 31 |
| 1988 | #762 | 245 | #2,765 | 20 |
| 1987 | #822 | 212 | #2,942 | 17 |
| 1986 | #967 | 163 | #2,096 | 27 |
| 1985 | #931 | 169 | #1,916 | 30 |
| 1984 | #867 | 175 | #2,437 | 20 |
| 1983 | #902 | 167 | #1,711 | 33 |
| 1982 | #942 | 158 | #2,426 | 20 |
| 1981 | #1,093 | 127 | #2,138 | 24 |
| 1980 | #750 | 221 | #1,619 | 36 |
| 1979 | #632 | 275 | #1,532 | 38 |
| 1978 | #619 | 273 | #1,299 | 48 |
| 1977 | #2,606 | 32 | #1,707 | 31 |
| 1976 | #2,027 | 43 | #1,373 | 42 |
| 1975 | #2,516 | 31 | #1,084 | 60 |
| 1974 | #2,172 | 37 | #1,099 | 56 |
| 1973 | #2,753 | 25 | #1,108 | 54 |
| 1972 | #2,523 | 28 | #960 | 71 |
| 1971 | #2,955 | 23 | #910 | 80 |
| 1970 | #3,712 | 16 | #1,103 | 55 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #2,311 | 13 |
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| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | — | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kiley! It came in at #6,103, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1958–1963, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kiley is popular in 2014
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- West Virginia#216 · 1 in 791
- Alabama#268 · 1 in 1,138
- Kentucky#348 · 1 in 1,540
- Iowa#394 · 1 in 1,620
- Georgia#425 · 1 in 2,008
Best ever in a state: #113 in Maine, 2007.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #216 | 8 | 1 in 791 |
| Alabama | #268 | 17 | 1 in 1,138 |
| Kentucky | #348 | 12 | 1 in 1,540 |
| Iowa | #394 | 8 | 1 in 1,620 |
| Georgia | #425 | 24 | 1 in 2,008 |
| Nebraska | #432 | 5 | 1 in 1,601 |
| Maryland | #463 | 12 | 1 in 2,026 |
| South Carolina | #470 | 9 | 1 in 2,029 |
| North Carolina | #472 | 20 | 1 in 2,256 |
| Florida | #505 | 32 | 1 in 2,617 |
| Oklahoma | #513 | 8 | 1 in 2,108 |
| Wisconsin | #542 | 9 | 1 in 2,566 |
| Ohio | #543 | 19 | 1 in 2,786 |
| Virginia | #568 | 13 | 1 in 2,871 |
| Louisiana | #578 | 8 | 1 in 2,613 |
| Pennsylvania | #595 | 17 | 1 in 3,130 |
| Oregon | #599 | 6 | 1 in 2,578 |
| Illinois | #612 | 19 | 1 in 3,104 |
| Massachusetts | #645 | 7 | 1 in 3,627 |
| Missouri | #653 | 8 | 1 in 3,389 |
| Tennessee | #676 | 9 | 1 in 3,457 |
| Arizona | #712 | 9 | 1 in 3,523 |
| Utah | #737 | 5 | 1 in 3,623 |
| Michigan | #756 | 10 | 1 in 4,217 |
| Indiana | #805 | 7 | 1 in 4,363 |
| Washington | #859 | 7 | 1 in 4,486 |
| Texas | #869 | 33 | 1 in 5,054 |
| California | #1,065 | 30 | 1 in 6,989 |
| New York | #1,066 | 14 | 1 in 6,604 |
| New Jersey | #1,165 | 5 | 1 in 7,422 |
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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 Kiley
- 111 spots since 2024 (#2,889 → #2,778)
- 960 spots since 2020 (#1,818 → #2,778)
- 1,881 spots since 2015 (#897 → #2,778)
- Biggest jump: 1,987 spots in 1978 (#2,606 → #619)
- Biggest drop: 343 spots in 1981 (#750 → #1,093)
- Debuted 1958
- Peaked 2008 at #307 (1,090 births)
- Births halved by 2014, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1982–2015
- Highest: 1 in 1,735 girls born in 2008 were named Kiley (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 26,349 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 42.4% of all girls named Kiley (8,121) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1975, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #6,103 (1958) | #6,103 |
| 1960s | 27 | #5,008 (1964) | #5,826 |
| 1970s | 783 | #619 (1978) | #2,252 |
| 1980s | 1,931 | #688 (1989) | #872 |
| 1990s | 3,741 | #452 (1999) | #627 |
| 2000s | 8,121 | #307 (2008) | #386 |
| 2010s | 4,133 | #378 (2010) | #913 |
| 2020s | 434 | #1,818 (2020) | #2,527 |
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.
Kiley in 2014
Top girls' names in 2014
More about 2014
girls
1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 4,126 of them was named Kiley, which outranked 96.6% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #657Ellen435
- #657Karsyn435
- #657Remi435
- #660Kiley433
- #660Emmy433
- #660Lindsay433
- #663Irene432
- #664Dulce431
- #665Amelie430
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
- ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
- ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
- ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
- ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.