girls:
8.5k births since 1977
#1770 (69th percentile)
overall:
8.5k births since 1977
#2933 (62nd percentile)
The name Kayley is the #2,933 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,491 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 62.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 62.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,770 (69.0% percentile) for all time with 8,491 births since 1977.
Kayley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (first recorded for girls in 1977). Birth data for Kayley is available in 44 out of the 47 years between 1977 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Kayley reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 45.6% percentile (ranked #482) with 237 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 237 births per million (ranked 45.6% percentile). Despite a low point in 2004, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Kayley ranks #897 for girls (5.3% percentile) with 31 births per million, which is 13.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kayley".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Kayley is pronounced as KAY-lee, which has 2 syllables.
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