Kaylee

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A few things about Kaylee you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Kaylee

Kaylee McKeown

Australian swimmer

Choose Kaylee and your child shares a first name with Kaylee McKeown, an Australian swimmer. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Kaylee, like who?” Kaylee McKeown's Wikipedia article is available in 31 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 1,334 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Kaylee, 1,205 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Kaylee would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryKaylee first shows up in US birth records in 1943, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 82 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 2009, when it ranked #26. Today it's #255, so it could be due a comeback.
• 📉Then vs nowKaylee was 3.3× more common in 2000 than it is today. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 404 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 1,334.
• 🍂TrendKaylee has slipped 138 places over the last five years and now sits at #255. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 📍Where it's lovedKaylee is most popular in Rhode Island, where it ranks #91, followed by Washington, D.C. (#109) and Nevada (#119). It makes the top 1,000 in almost every state.
• 🌍OriginKaylee is the #8 most popular Arabic girl name in the US. That's out of 214 Arabic girl and unisex names in our list.

About the name Kaylee

Kaylee is a girl name of Arabic, Celtic Gaelic and Hebrew origin. It has 6 letters and 2 syllables, starting with K and ending in “-lee”. US birth records list Kaylee for girls from 1943 to 2025, in 66 of those 83 years. Its best year was 2009, when it ranked #26 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #255, with 1,205 babies.

Origin:Arabic namesCeltic Gaelic namesHebrew names