Kailea
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kye-LAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,895 for girls
Kailea is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,895th for girls in the US (58 babies).
Where does Kailea come from?
Modern: modern blend of Kai and Lea, Hawaiian in style
Is Kailea a girl's or a boy's name?
Kailea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 58 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kailea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,895among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 58about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 58 girls in the US were named Kailea, making it the 2,895th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. It first appears in the records in 1984.
2025 had the most girls named Kailea of any year since it first appeared, in 1984.
Half of all the girls named Kailea in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 80 girls in the US were given Kailea or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,979, up from #2,895 for this spelling alone.
- Kailea 58
- Kaileah 22
Kailea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #2,895 |
| 2024 | 35 | #4,113 |
| 2023 | 34 | #4,189 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,961 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,933 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,878 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,436 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 33 | #4,303 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 32 | #4,402 |
| 2014 | 27 | #5,023 |
| 2013 | 33 | #4,334 |
| 2012 | 49 | #3,313 |
| 2011 | 32 | #4,465 |
| 2010 | 48 | #3,359 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,096 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,277 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,952 |
| 2005 | 35 | #4,025 |
| 2004 | 40 | #3,627 |
| 2003 | 30 | #4,303 |
| 2002 | 28 | #4,377 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 31 | #3,978 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,020 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,644 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
Names like Kailea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaylani Kalani Kehlani Noa Nalani Malani Alani Meilani Kalea Naylani Kylani Ilani
Other spellings of Kailea
Names related to Kailea
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden 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, “Kailea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kailea, updated 20 October 2026.