Kaely
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAY-lee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,295 for girls
Kaely is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,295th for girls in the US (47 babies).
What does Kaely mean?
Modern: spelling of Kaeli, itself a spelling of Kaylee, Kay + Lee
A spelling of Kaylee, usually explained as a blend of Kay and Lee.
Meaning borrowed from Kaeli.
Is Kaely a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaely is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 47 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaely in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,295th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 47 about 1 in 34,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 101% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 47 girls in the US were named Kaely, making it the 3,295th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 71 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the girls named Kaely in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,361 girls in the US were given Kaely or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #89, up from #3,295 for this spelling alone.
Kaely in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #3,295 |
| 2024 | 51 | #3,119 |
| 2023 | 71 | #2,494 |
| 2022 | 31 | #4,470 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,917 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,574 |
| 2016 | 30 | #4,631 |
| 2015 | 39 | #3,841 |
| 2014 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2013 | 35 | #4,154 |
| 2012 | 40 | #3,853 |
| 2011 | 33 | #4,352 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,267 |
| 2007 | 36 | #4,212 |
| 2006 | 37 | #3,991 |
| 2005 | 33 | #4,191 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,395 |
| 1999 | 34 | #3,566 |
| 1998 | 34 | #3,494 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,236 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,352 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,184 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
Names like Kaely
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keiry, Kennedy, Cassidy, Teagan, Brynlee, Kinley, Kenley, Braelynn, Kensley, Brynn, Brylee, Kayden
Other spellings of Kaely
Kaylee, Kaeli, Kayleigh, Keily, Kailey, Kaylie, Kailee, Caeli, Caylee, Keyli, Kaleigh
Names related to Kaely
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kaely: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaely, updated 20 October 2026.