How rare is the name Kayley?

7,696 people in the United States have the first name Kayley, about 1 in 39,245. It ranks #2,938 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

KAYLEY

#2,938

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,696
About
1 in 39,245
This common or more
81.3%
Who bears it

Of the 7,696 people named Kayley, 73.7% reported their origin as White, 12.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.2% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kayley peaked in 1999, when 461 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19772025
Peak year
1999
Births that year
461
In 2025*
45 ▼90%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 8,586 babies have been given the name since 1977. 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.

Kayley by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,337. The largest share of babies named Kayley, 64.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#24,5405
1980s#3,543476
1990s#1,4482,559
2000s#1,3373,679
2010s#2,6811,503
2020s#4,908364
Generation X 1965–800.1%
Millennials 1981–9621.8%
Generation Z 1997–1264.1%
2013 and later14.1%

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 Kayley is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kayley has been most common in Florida (1.9×), California (1.6×), and North Carolina (1.6×), and least common in Mississippi (0.38×).

6,545 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.

Exactly as common as Kayley

1 other first name also has 7,696 people.

#2,938 Jeanna · 7,696

Either side of Kayley

#2,937 Caylee · 7,698#2,938 Jeanna · 7,696#2,940 Cale · 7,688#2,941 Alani · 7,680

Spelled almost the same

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

#488 Kaylee · 115,422#1,466 Kailey · 22,962#2,148 Kaley · 12,428#4,033 Kayle · 4,809#6,147 Kaylea · 2,643#8,631 Kaylei · 1,672#14,957 Kaeley · 778#16,344 Kalley · 692

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