girls:
1.9k births since 1980
#3894 (32nd percentile)
boys:
258 births since 1973
#4328 (6th percentile)
overall:
2.2k births since 1973
#5622 (27th percentile)
The name Kalei is the #5,622 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,167 recorded births since 1973. This represents the 27.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 27.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,894 (31.9% percentile) for all time with 1,909 births since 1980. For boys, it ranks #4,328 (5.6% percentile) for all time with 258 births since 1973.
Kalei first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1973 (1973 for boys and 1980 for girls). Birth data for Kalei is available in 44 out of the 51 years between 1973 and 2023 (41 years for girls and 32 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kalei has been given predominantly to girls, with 88.1% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 82.9% of babies named Kalei were girls. Interestingly, until around 1980, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1973 to 1979), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (88.7% girls from 1980 to 2023).
For girls, Kalei reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 15.1% percentile (ranked #770) with 71 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 71 births per million (ranked 15.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kalei ranks #918 for girls (3.1% percentile) with 19 births per million, which is 27.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kalei reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #912) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kalei ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 42.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kalei".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Kalei. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 43.6% confident that Kalei is pronounced as kuh-LAY, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kah-LAY, at 28.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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