Kaley

Where Kaley comes from

The dictionaries list Kaley as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1967
    First appearance
    #6,042 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1985
    Kaley Cuoco born
    American actress and producer
  3. 1988
    Kaley Fountain born
    American soccer player
  4. 1993
    Peak, #457
    546 babies named Kaley — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2009
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,027.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Kaley Cuoco · American actress and producer, born 1985
  • Kaley Fountain · American soccer player, born 1988

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.