Kaley

#3,832 for girls in 2025, 38 births · Last seen for boys in 1994 at #8,800
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1993 · 546 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
13,682
since 1967

Kaley over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kaley has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202008peak #457, 1993girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#3,83238—
2024#2,69464—
2023#2,70464—
2022#2,38877—
2021#2,26681—
2020#2,00593—
2019#1,724120—
2018#1,595134—
2017#1,348172—
2016#1,313182—
2015#1,234200—
2014#1,040249—
2013#1,030242—
2012#1,050240—
2011#1,079228—
2010#1,045238—
2009#1,027253—
2008#853328—
2007#708413—
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2005#558513—
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2003#495578—
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1995#512479—
1994#519481#8,8005
1993#457546—
1992#470524—
1991#532438—
1990#601377—
1989#648318—
1988#662292—
1987#674274#6,9515
1986#741239—
1985#874183#6,5235
1984#1,232105#6,3155
1983#2,06948—
1982#1,95054—
1981#2,56336—
1980#2,69934—
1979#2,99728#6,0565
1978#2,94227—
1977#3,76119—
1976#4,15415—
1975#4,37014—
1974#6,2588—
1973#7,4356—
1972#6,5587—
1971#7,3886—
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1967#6,0426—
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First appearance
1967

The first year at least five girls were named Kaley! It came in at #6,042, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1969–1970, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Kaley is popular in 2008

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #744 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,293 girlsMNIllinois: #1,057 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 6,622 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedWIMichigan: #832 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,940 girlsMINew York: #1,615 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 11,941 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedSDIowa: #571 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,706 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedINOhio: #942 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,265 girlsOHPennsylvania: #796 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 5,031 girlsPANew Jersey: #1,028 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,548 girlsNJConnecticut: #514 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,602 girlsCTCalifornia: #1,374 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 10,425 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedUTColorado: #799 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,083 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedNEMissouri: #575 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,943 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedWVVirginia: #1,038 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,270 girlsVAMaryland: #688 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,611 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedDEArizona: #686 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,318 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedARTennessee: #659 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,577 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #515 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,530 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #438 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,920 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #389 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,685 girlsLAMississippi: #324 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,248 girlsMSAlabama: #273 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,166 girlsALGeorgia: #589 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,934 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kaley, so not publishedHITexas: #1,059 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 6,709 girlsTXFlorida: #441 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 2,327 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alabama#273 · 1 in 1,166
  2. Mississippi#324 · 1 in 1,248
  3. Louisiana#389 · 1 in 1,685
  4. South Carolina#438 · 1 in 1,920
  5. Florida#441 · 1 in 2,327

Best ever in a state: #139 in Florida, 1993.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#273181 in 1,166
Mississippi#324101 in 1,248
Louisiana#389121 in 1,685
South Carolina#438101 in 1,920
Florida#441371 in 2,327
Connecticut#51451 in 2,602
North Carolina#515191 in 2,530
Iowa#57151 in 2,706
Missouri#575101 in 2,943
Georgia#589181 in 2,934
Tennessee#65991 in 3,577
Arizona#686111 in 3,318
Maryland#68871 in 3,611
Minnesota#74461 in 4,293
Pennsylvania#796111 in 5,031
Colorado#79961 in 4,083
Michigan#83291 in 4,940
Ohio#94291 in 6,265
New Jersey#1,02861 in 6,548
Virginia#1,03861 in 6,270
Illinois#1,057101 in 6,622
Texas#1,059251 in 6,709
California#1,374221 in 10,425
New York#1,61581 in 11,941
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Kaley
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,138 spots since 2024 (#2,694 → #3,832)
  • 1,827 spots since 2020 (#2,005 → #3,832)
  • 2,598 spots since 2015 (#1,234 → #3,832)
  • Biggest jump: 358 spots in 1985 (#1,232 → #874)
  • Biggest drop: 174 spots in 2009 (#853 → #1,027)
Rise & fade · girls
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1967
  • Peaked 1993 at #457 (546 births)
  • Births halved by 2009, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 24 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1985–2008
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,161
  • Highest: 1 in 3,161 girls born in 2003 were named Kaley (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 42,297 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #457 in 1993, was only 1 in 3,313 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 35.9% of all girls named Kaley (4,905) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s20#4,779 (1968)#6,097
1970s130#2,942 (1978)#5,096
1980s1,583#648 (1989)#1,411
1990s4,905#457 (1993)#504
2000s4,622#495 (2003)#638
2010s2,005#1,030 (2013)#1,246
2020s417#2,005 (2020)#2,648

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Kaley in 2008

girls
#853
328 births · 1 in 5,765 girls

Top girls' names in 2008

  1. #1Emma18,830
  2. #2Isabella18,629
  3. #3Emily17,448
  4. #4Olivia17,088
  5. #5Ava17,051
  6. #6Madison17,047
  7. #7Sophia16,091
  8. #8Abigail15,088
  9. #9Elizabeth12,027
  10. #10Chloe11,836
  11. #853Kaley328
More about 2008

girls

1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 5,765 of them was named Kaley, which outranked 95.8% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kaley
  1. #850Adalynn330
  2. #850Areli330
  3. #850Ryann330
  4. #853Kaley328
  5. #854Gina327
  6. #855Kaila325
  7. #855Meadow325
Biggest movers since 2007
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,375Dayami#10,129 → #754
  2. ↑ 4,524Allisson#4,944 → #420
  3. ↑ 1,019Alisson#1,804 → #785
  4. ↑ 851Milagros#1,579 → #728
  5. ↑ 807Mareli#1,530 → #723
Fallers
  1. ↓ 391Kelis#968 → #1,359
  2. ↓ 390Joselin#755 → #1,145
  3. ↓ 378Tyra#947 → #1,325
  4. ↓ 363Montana#932 → #1,295
  5. ↓ 337Allyssa#988 → #1,325

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2008 →