girls:
13.6k births since 1967
#1330 (77th percentile)
boys:
25 births since 1979
#4561 (0th percentile)
overall:
13.6k births since 1967
#2248 (71st percentile)
The name Kaley is the #2,248 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 13,601 recorded births since 1967. This represents the 71.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 71.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,330 (76.7% percentile) for all time with 13,576 births since 1967. For boys, it ranks #4,561 (0.5% percentile) for all time with 25 births since 1979.
Kaley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1967 (1967 for girls and 1979 for boys). Birth data for Kaley is available in 56 out of the 57 years between 1967 and 2023 (56 years for girls and 5 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 Kaley has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.8% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Kaley reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 51.9% percentile (ranked #417) with 277 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 288 births per million (ranked 51.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2003, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kaley ranks #889 for girls (6.1% percentile) with 36 births per million, which is 12.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kaley reached its peak popularity in 1979, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #688) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1979, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1994.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kaley".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kaley. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 91.1% confident that Kaley is pronounced as KAY-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KA-lee, at 8.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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