Kylee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KY-lee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #875 for girls
Kylee is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 875th for girls in the US (306 babies).
What does Kylee mean?
Modern: spelling of Kylie; 20th-century Australian name, perhaps from Kyle
Often linked to kylie, a Western Australian Aboriginal word for a boomerang; Kylie Minogue is its best-known bearer.
Meaning borrowed from Kylie. More on Wiktionary.
Is Kylee a girl's or a boy's name?
Kylee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 306 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kylee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 875th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 306 about 1 in 5,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 306 girls in the US were named Kylee, making it the 875th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 531st. Its busiest year was 2008, with 2,385 girls. It first appears in the records in 1965.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 15 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Kylee than any year since 1987.
Half of all the girls named Kylee in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,142 girls in the US were given Kylee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #167, up from #875 for this spelling alone.
Kylee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 306 | #875 |
| 2024 | 334 | #823 |
| 2023 | 366 | #768 |
| 2022 | 402 | #726 |
| 2021 | 460 | #648 |
| 2020 | 568 | #531 |
| 2019 | 575 | #532 |
| 2018 | 722 | #444 |
| 2017 | 864 | #361 |
| 2016 | 1,082 | #302 |
| 2015 | 1,396 | #236 |
| 2014 | 1,592 | #214 |
| 2013 | 1,868 | #170 |
| 2012 | 2,054 | #156 |
| 2011 | 2,219 | #138 |
| 2010 | 2,252 | #139 |
| 2009 | 2,179 | #148 |
| 2008 | 2,385 | #142 |
| 2007 | 2,256 | #158 |
| 2006 | 2,340 | #146 |
| 2005 | 2,199 | #156 |
| 2004 | 2,296 | #141 |
| 2003 | 2,197 | #154 |
| 2002 | 2,009 | #161 |
| 2001 | 1,675 | #195 |
| 2000 | 1,629 | #197 |
| 1999 | 1,453 | #215 |
| 1998 | 1,307 | #234 |
| 1997 | 1,155 | #254 |
| 1996 | 1,034 | #281 |
| 1995 | 888 | #313 |
| 1994 | 708 | #366 |
| 1993 | 697 | #366 |
| 1992 | 680 | #378 |
| 1991 | 603 | #423 |
| 1990 | 601 | #422 |
| 1989 | 613 | #404 |
| 1988 | 310 | #638 |
| 1987 | 279 | #668 |
| 1986 | 253 | #707 |
| 1985 | 224 | #762 |
| 1984 | 188 | #832 |
| 1983 | 160 | #929 |
| 1982 | 139 | #1,041 |
| 1981 | 127 | #1,093 |
| 1980 | 144 | #1,009 |
| 1979 | 199 | #794 |
| 1978 | 164 | #887 |
| 1977 | 28 | #2,837 |
| 1976 | 22 | #3,187 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,948 |
| 1974 | 22 | #3,110 |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,634 |
| 1972 | 28 | #2,523 |
| 1971 | 18 | #3,507 |
| 1970 | 16 | #3,711 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
Names like Kylee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaylee, Cassidy, Brynn, Teagan, Kaitlyn, Brynlee, Brylee, Kiara, Brooklyn, Reagan, Mckenna, Kiana
Other spellings of Kylee
Kylie, Kyleigh, Kiley, Khylee, Khylie, Kyliee, Kylei, Khyleigh, Kyley, Kyli
Names related to Kylee
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Kylee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kylee, updated 20 October 2026.