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How popular is “Kayley” in the USA?

Number of people named “Kayley” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Kayley” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Kayley” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Kayley” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Kayley” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Kayley” by birth year

This chart shows how “Kayley” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1977 5 0.000001574 5 100%
1981 9 0.000002602 9 100%
1982 9 0.000002566 9 100%
1983 7 0.000002021 7 100%
1984 17 0.000004873 17 100%
1985 39 0.000010927 39 100%
1986 66 0.000018555 66 100%
1987 79 0.00002191 79 100%
1988 103 0.000027875 103 100%
1989 147 0.000038237 147 100%
1990 142 0.000035927 142 100%
1991 157 0.000040305 157 100%
1992 197 0.000051285 197 100%
1993 200 0.000053046 200 100%
1994 235 0.000063212 235 100%
1995 206 0.000056251 206 100%
1996 256 0.000070191 256 100%
1997 259 0.000071434 259 100%
1998 446 0.000121255 446 100%
1999 461 0.000124801 461 100%
2000 388 0.000102648 388 100%
2001 375 0.000100177 375 100%
2002 332 0.000088811 332 100%
2003 377 0.00009915 377 100%
2004 411 0.000107566 411 100%
2005 438 0.000113919 438 100%
2006 383 0.00009681 383 100%
2007 338 0.000084549 338 100%
2008 349 0.000088789 349 100%
2009 288 0.000075389 288 100%
2010 231 0.000062504 231 100%
2011 211 0.000057685 211 100%
2012 218 0.000059606 218 100%
2013 181 0.000049648 181 100%
2014 143 0.000038582 143 100%
2015 132 0.000035667 132 100%
2016 125 0.000034072 125 100%
2017 100 0.000027963 100 100%
2018 97 0.000027589 97 100%
2019 65 0.000018727 65 100%
2020 80 0.000023948 80 100%
2021 63 0.000018595 63 100%
2022 71 0.000020986 71 100%
2023 56 0.000016912 56 100%
2024 49 0.000014721 49 100%

Explore other names

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  1. Kaylene
  2. Kaylenn
  3. Kayleon
  4. Kayler
  5. Kaylese
  6. Kayley (this page)
  7. Kayli
  8. Kaylia
  9. Kayliah
  10. Kaylian
  11. Kayliana