Kylei
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KY-lee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Kylei is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
Where does Kylei come from?
Modern: respelling of Kylie, itself probably from Kyle
Is Kylei a girl's or a boy's name?
Kylei is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kylei in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Kylei, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,281st. Its busiest year was 2012, with 78 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
2025 had fewer girls named Kylei than any year since 1997.
Half of all the girls named Kylei in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,142 girls in the US were given Kylei or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #167, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.
Kylei in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,163 |
| 2020 | 47 | #3,281 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,850 |
| 2018 | 35 | #4,075 |
| 2017 | 40 | #3,768 |
| 2016 | 40 | #3,777 |
| 2015 | 48 | #3,346 |
| 2014 | 67 | #2,613 |
| 2013 | 64 | #2,705 |
| 2012 | 78 | #2,373 |
| 2011 | 69 | #2,588 |
| 2010 | 69 | #2,614 |
| 2009 | 64 | #2,778 |
| 2008 | 56 | #3,053 |
| 2007 | 44 | #3,652 |
| 2006 | 44 | #3,563 |
| 2005 | 36 | #3,938 |
| 2004 | 46 | #3,261 |
| 2003 | 52 | #2,920 |
| 2002 | 35 | #3,726 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 30 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
Names like Kylei
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynlee, Teagan, Kaylani, Braelynn, Kaylee, Keyla, Kinley, Brylee, Kensley, Kennedy, Raelynn, Brooklyn
Other spellings of Kylei
Kylie, Kylee, Kyleigh, Kiley, Khylee, Khylie, Kyliee, Khyleigh, Kyley, Kyli
Names related to Kylei
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, 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, “Kylei: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kylei, updated 20 October 2026.