How rare is the name Kaley?

12,428 people in the United States have the first name Kaley, about 1 in 24,303. It ranks #2,148 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KALEY

#2,148

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,428
About
1 in 24,303
This common or more
78.7%
Who bears it

Of the 12,428 people named Kaley, 78.2% reported their origin as White, 10.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.5% as two or more races. 99.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kaley peaked in 2003, when 578 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19672025
Peak year
2003
Births that year
578
In 2025*
38 ▼93%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 13,707 babies have been given the name since 1967. 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.

Kaley by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #960. The largest share of babies named Kaley, 50.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#12,24320
1970s#6,865135
1980s#1,6491,598
1990s#9604,910
2000s#1,1394,622
2010s#2,2042,005
2020s#4,493417
Generation X 1965–801.4%
Millennials 1981–9635.9%
Generation Z 1997–1250.2%
2013 and later12.5%

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 Kaley is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kaley has been most common in Florida (4.1×), Georgia (1.8×), and Colorado (1.7×), and least common in New Jersey (0.3×).

11,555 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 Kaley

#2,146 Joesph · 12,432#2,147 Kierra · 12,431#2,149 Braeden · 12,409#2,149 Winifred · 12,409

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,466 Kailey · 22,962#2,938 Kayley · 7,696#3,023 Kale · 7,379#4,973 Kalee · 3,576#5,223 Kalea · 3,328#7,612 Kalei · 1,989#9,769 Kally · 1,403#10,193 Kaleo · 1,321

Also a last name

As a last name, Kaley ranks #27,616 of 156,621, with 924 people. See Kaley as a last name

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