How rare is the name Kalee?

3,576 people in the United States have the first name Kalee, about 1 in 84,461. It ranks #4,973 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KALEE

#4,973

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,576
About
1 in 84,461
This common or more
84.7%
Who bears it

Of the 3,576 people named Kalee, 75.3% reported their origin as White, 8% as Black and 7.6% as Hispanic or Latino. 97% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kalee peaked in 1999, when 189 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19622025
Peak year
1999
Births that year
189
In 2025*
8 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,957 babies have been given the name since 1962. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Kalee by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,949. The largest share of babies named Kalee, 45%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#10,60832
1970s#8,32499
1980s#2,921633
1990s#1,9491,638
2000s#3,1391,093
2010s#6,808379
2020s#13,15983
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Generation X 1965–803.3%
Millennials 1981–9643.9%
Generation Z 1997–1245%
2013 and later7.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Kalee is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kalee has been most common in Utah (2.7×), Florida (2.3×), and Texas (2.3×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.42×).

1,754 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Kalee

#4,971 Jacinda · 3,578#4,972 Marlie · 3,577#4,974 Braedon · 3,575#4,974 Brennon · 3,575

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kalee, most common first.

#488 Kaylee · 115,422#2,148 Kaley · 12,428#2,340 Kailee · 10,797#3,023 Kale · 7,379#3,995 Kalie · 4,872#5,223 Kalea · 3,328#7,612 Kalei · 1,989#10,193 Kaleo · 1,321

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