Kaylei Girl
How popular is Kaylei?
#7,131 girl name in 2025
15 baby girls were named Kaylei in the US in 2025, making it the 7131st most popular girl name.
Kaylei popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #7,131 for girls (▼ 1691 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 15 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-76% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,810 in 2015, #3,840 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (128 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,672 in 2006 |
| First recorded | 1986 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kaylei counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kaylei family of names ranked #3,354 for girls in 2025 (#2,123 the year before), with 27 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kaylei | 15 | 56% |
| Kalei | 12 | 44% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kaylei is most popular
Babies named Kaylei per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Kaylei by decade
Girl names about as popular as Kaylei
Questions
- Is Kaylei a boy or girl name?
- Kaylei is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kaylei were girls.
- How popular is the name Kaylei?
- 15 baby girls were named Kaylei in the US in 2025, making it the 7131st most popular girl name.
- When was Kaylei most popular?
- Kaylei peaked in 2007, when 128 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,672 in 2006.
- How many people are named Kaylei?
- 2,134 babies have been named Kaylei in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,116 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
- Where is Kaylei most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kaylei was most common in Louisiana, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.