Kaylei
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAY-lee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Kaylei is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
Where does Kaylei come from?
Modern: spelling of Kaylee, a blend of Kay and Lee
Is Kaylei a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaylei is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaylei in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Kaylei, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,840th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 128 girls. It first appears in the records in 1986.
2025 had fewer girls named Kaylei than any year since 1994.
Half of all the girls named Kaylei in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kaylei in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2021 | 36 | #4,011 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,840 |
| 2019 | 50 | #3,171 |
| 2018 | 48 | #3,292 |
| 2017 | 57 | #2,903 |
| 2016 | 46 | #3,411 |
| 2015 | 62 | #2,810 |
| 2014 | 68 | #2,580 |
| 2013 | 60 | #2,836 |
| 2012 | 95 | #2,028 |
| 2011 | 113 | #1,789 |
| 2010 | 90 | #2,167 |
| 2009 | 109 | #1,914 |
| 2008 | 112 | #1,890 |
| 2007 | 128 | #1,704 |
| 2006 | 126 | #1,672 |
| 2005 | 117 | #1,689 |
| 2004 | 97 | #1,924 |
| 2003 | 105 | #1,785 |
| 2002 | 76 | #2,175 |
| 2001 | 83 | #2,031 |
| 2000 | 62 | #2,453 |
| 1999 | 59 | #2,435 |
| 1998 | 42 | #3,012 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
Names like Kaylei
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kailani Kalani Noa Kehlani Nalani Alani Malani Meilani Keyla Klani Naylani Khloe
Names related to Kaylei
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, “Kaylei: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaylei, updated 20 October 2026.