girls:
19.1k births since 1958
#1064 (81st percentile)
boys:
1.1k births since 1968
#3504 (24th percentile)
overall:
20.1k births since 1958
#1804 (77th percentile)
The name Kiley is the #1,804 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 20,149 recorded births since 1958. This represents the 76.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 76.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,064 (81.4% percentile) for all time with 19,052 births since 1958. For boys, it ranks #3,504 (23.5% percentile) for all time with 1,097 births since 1968.
Kiley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1958 (1958 for girls and 1968 for boys). Birth data for Kiley is available in 59 out of the 66 years between 1958 and 2023 (59 years for girls and 42 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 Kiley has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 94.6% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Kiley reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 69.5% percentile (ranked #301) with 523 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 523 births per million (ranked 69.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kiley ranks #891 for girls (5.9% percentile) with 35 births per million, which is 6.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kiley reached its peak popularity in 1971, achieving the 11.3% percentile (ranked #592) with 44 births per million. The name was most common in 1971, with 44 births per million (ranked 11.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2016.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kiley".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Kiley", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 36 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Kylie" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Kylie..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kiley. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.7% confident that Kiley is pronounced as KAI-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEE-lee, at 14.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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