Kayley

Where Kayley comes from

The dictionaries list Kayley as a given name — a female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Kaylee — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1977
    First appearance
    #9,652 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1994
    Kayley Carrigan born
    Filipino stuntwoman and action actress
  3. 1997
    Kayley Gunner born
    American pornographic actress
  4. 1999
    Peak, #548
    461 babies named Kayley — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2011
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,160.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Kaylee.
Namesakes
  • Kayley Gunner · American pornographic actress, born 1997
  • Kayley Carrigan · Filipino stuntwoman and action actress, born 1994

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.