Kaili
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAY-lee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Kaili is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
Where does Kaili come from?
Modern: variant of Kaylee; also an Estonian name
Is Kaili a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaili is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaili in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,324among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Kaili, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,546th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 164 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
2025 had fewer girls named Kaili than any year since 1985.
Half of all the girls named Kaili in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kaili in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,822 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 32 | #4,322 |
| 2020 | 29 | #4,546 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 34 | #4,219 |
| 2016 | 48 | #3,326 |
| 2015 | 49 | #3,299 |
| 2014 | 66 | #2,646 |
| 2013 | 67 | #2,625 |
| 2012 | 75 | #2,449 |
| 2011 | 90 | #2,124 |
| 2010 | 96 | #2,059 |
| 2009 | 97 | #2,090 |
| 2008 | 109 | #1,927 |
| 2007 | 102 | #2,003 |
| 2006 | 143 | #1,530 |
| 2005 | 124 | #1,623 |
| 2004 | 154 | #1,362 |
| 2003 | 164 | #1,271 |
| 2002 | 114 | #1,623 |
| 2001 | 101 | #1,762 |
| 2000 | 109 | #1,615 |
| 1999 | 87 | #1,825 |
| 1998 | 87 | #1,786 |
| 1997 | 57 | #2,325 |
| 1996 | 75 | #1,913 |
| 1995 | 61 | #2,184 |
| 1994 | 65 | #2,097 |
| 1993 | 63 | #2,122 |
| 1992 | 55 | #2,346 |
| 1991 | 52 | #2,414 |
| 1990 | 37 | #3,017 |
| 1989 | 41 | #2,708 |
| 1988 | 37 | #2,798 |
| 1987 | 30 | #3,098 |
| 1986 | 30 | #3,052 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,280 |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,422 |
| 1983 | 19 | #3,948 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 19 | #3,902 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
Names like Kaili
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaylani Kalani Nalani Alani Kehlani Noa Malani Meilani Klani Kali Ilani Kylani
Names related to Kaili
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, “Kaili: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaili, updated 20 October 2026.