Girls' name · peaked in 2010
Kylee name popularity since 1925
50,835 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Kylee (99.0% girls, 1.0% boys). Half of them were born in 2006 or earlier, so the typical Kylee is about 20 years old in 2026. Kylee peaked in 2010 as the #139 name for girls, and it ranked #876 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 50,835
- Named Kylee, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #876
- for girls in 2025 (306 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.0% girls
- 50,337 girls · 498 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 4.62× its national share
Peak year is the year Kylee made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Kylee births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 2008. Measured as a share of all babies, Kylee peaked in 2010.
- Fastest rise: Between 1984 and 1989, Kylee became 3× more common, from 1 in 8,960 baby girls to 1 in 3,010.
- Steepest fall: Between 2014 and 2019, its share of baby girls fell by 62%, from 1 in 1,120 to 1 in 2,920.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Kylee's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Kylee.
Decade by decade
Babies named Kylee in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 19 | 0 | #7,019 |
| 1970s | 530 | 7 | #4,033 |
| 1980s | 2,437 | 75 | #763 |
| 1990s | 9,126 | 114 | #313 |
| 2000s | 21,165 | 166 | #156 |
| 2010s | 14,624 | 110 | #237 |
| 2020–25 | 2,436 | 26 | #876 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
62.6% of babies named Kylee from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Kylee is most popular
The index compares Kylee's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Kylee.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 4.62× | 1,941 |
| Idaho | 3.27× | 642 |
| Nevada | 2.56× | 451 |
| Montana | 2.21× | 319 |
| Oregon | 2.07× | 958 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Kylee and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Kylee (this page) | 50,337 | 2010 |
| Kylie | 121,890 | 2003 |
| Kyli | 2,178 | 2004 |
| Kilee | 1,826 | 2008 |
| Kyley | 1,603 | 2002 |
| Khylee | 1,025 | 2013 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Kylee's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Kylee.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Kylee (2010).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data