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Kaylee
Say it: KAY-lee
Meaning
A modern coinage, probably blending Kay with names ending in -lee such as Kelly or Kylie; it is sometimes linked to Irish céilí 'social gathering' but that is not its source.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Rose rapidly in the US from the 1980s, reaching the top 30 in the 2000s.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2000s
In the United States
- 132,416 babies given this name since 1943
- At its height in 2009, about 1 in 254 girls
- 2,318 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Kayleigh, Kailey, Caley
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.