girls:
49.7k births since 1965
#578 (90th percentile)
boys:
493 births since 1979
#4093 (11th percentile)
overall:
50.2k births since 1965
#1072 (86th percentile)
The name Kylee is the #1,072 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 50,171 recorded births since 1965. This represents the 86.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 86.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #578 (89.9% percentile) for all time with 49,678 births since 1965. For boys, it ranks #4,093 (10.7% percentile) for all time with 493 births since 1979.
Kylee first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1965 (1965 for girls and 1979 for boys). Birth data for Kylee is available in 57 out of the 59 years between 1965 and 2023 (57 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 Kylee has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.0% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Kylee reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 85.6% percentile (ranked #143) with 1,145 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 1,148 births per million (ranked 85.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kylee ranks #610 for girls (35.6% percentile) with 207 births per million, which is 18.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kylee reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #857) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 10 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2009, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kylee ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 26.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kylee".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kylee. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 86.4% confident that Kylee is pronounced as KAI-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAI-LEE, at 13.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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