Kiley

#2,778 for girls in 2025, 61 births · Last seen for boys in 2016 at #12,185
Given to girls 94.6% of the time

Showing
Show data for
Peak · girls
2008 · 1,090 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
19,175
since 1958

Kiley over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202005peak #307, 2008peak #910, 1971girlsboys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,77861
2024#2,88957
2023#2,78961
2022#2,57968
2021#2,30979
2020#1,818108
2019#1,789114
2018#1,506145
2017#1,268186
2016#1,164216#12,1855
2015#897307
2014#660433
2013#533560
2012#512595
2011#422737#10,8086
2010#378840
2009#359895#8,9858
2008#3071,090#9,0198
2007#367887
2006#428742
2005#384815#11,4725
2004#373840#6,97610
2003#360850#5,55813
2002#399731#8,4567
2001#429643#4,89015
2000#451628#9,1126
1999#452590#3,83419
1998#537466#3,84918
1997#561417#4,45114
1996#575401#3,67818
1995#615360#3,19121
1994#685307#4,09415
1993#686318#3,14121
1992#700308#2,83424
1991#709298#3,32518
1990#752276#2,30830
1989#688294#2,20631
1988#762245#2,76520
1987#822212#2,94217
1986#967163#2,09627
1985#931169#1,91630
1984#867175#2,43720
1983#902167#1,71133
1982#942158#2,42620
1981#1,093127#2,13824
1980#750221#1,61936
1979#632275#1,53238
1978#619273#1,29948
1977#2,60632#1,70731
1976#2,02743#1,37342
1975#2,51631#1,08460
1974#2,17237#1,09956
1973#2,75325#1,10854
1972#2,52328#96071
1971#2,95523#91080
1970#3,71216#1,10355
1969#5,4568#2,86110
1968#6,2466#2,31113
1967
1966
1965
1964#5,0088
1963#6,5925
1962
1961
1960
1959
1958#6,1035
1957
1956
1955
1954
1953
1952
1951
1950
1949
1948
1947
1946
1945
1944
1943
1942
1941
1940
1939
1938
1937
1936
1935
1934
1933
1932
1931
1930
1929
1928
1927
1926
1925
1924
1923
1922
1921
1920
1919
1918
1917
1916
1915
1914
1913
1912
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1958

The first year at least five girls were named Kiley! It came in at #6,103, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1958–1963, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Kiley
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 111 spots since 2024 (#2,889#2,778)
  • 960 spots since 2020 (#1,818#2,778)
  • 1,881 spots since 2015 (#897#2,778)
  • Biggest jump: 1,987 spots in 1978 (#2,606#619)
  • Biggest drop: 343 spots in 1981 (#750#1,093)
Rise & fade · girls
50 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1958
  • Peaked 2008 at #307 (1,090 births)
  • Births halved by 2014, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 37 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1982–2015
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,735
  • Highest: 1 in 1,735 girls born in 2008 were named Kiley (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 26,349 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 42.4% of all girls named Kiley (8,121) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1976
  • Mostly boys until 1975, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s5#6,103 (1958)#6,103
1960s27#5,008 (1964)#5,826
1970s783#619 (1978)#2,252
1980s1,931#688 (1989)#872
1990s3,741#452 (1999)#627
2000s8,121#307 (2008)#386
2010s4,133#378 (2010)#913
2020s434#1,818 (2020)#2,527

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.

Kiley in 2005

girls
#384
815 births · 1 in 2,267 girls
boys
#11,472
5 births · 1 in 399,461 boys

Top girls' names in 2005

  1. #1Emily23,952
  2. #2Emma20,362
  3. #3Madison19,578
  4. #4Abigail15,756
  5. #5Olivia15,700
  6. #6Isabella15,197
  7. #7Hannah14,854
  8. #8Samantha13,642
  9. #9Ava13,606
  10. #10Ashley13,276
  11. #384Kiley815

Top boys' names in 2005

  1. #1Jacob25,851
  2. #2Michael23,828
  3. #3Joshua23,261
  4. #4Matthew21,483
  5. #5Ethan21,318
  6. #6Andrew20,742
  7. #7Daniel20,236
  8. #8Anthony19,387
  9. #9Joseph19,241
  10. #10Christopher19,174
  11. #11,472Kiley5
More about 2005

girls

1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 2,267 of them was named Kiley, which outranked 98.0% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kiley
  1. #381Madisyn819
  2. #382Kiana817
  3. #382Mercedes817
  4. #384Kiley815
  5. #384Dulce815
  6. #384Shayla815
  7. #387Jimena811
  8. #388Litzy810
  9. #389Alina809

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2004
Risers
  1. 6,271Mikalah#7,077#806
  2. 2,724Yuridia#3,689#965
  3. 2,236Naima#3,127#891
  4. 1,924Karol#2,742#818
  5. 1,125Karma#1,972#847
Fallers
  1. 397Rhea#908#1,305
  2. 360Laisha#789#1,149
  3. 334Ashtyn#956#1,290
  4. 285Hunter#742#1,027
  5. 282Angeles#973#1,255

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

boys

1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 399,461 of them was named Kiley, which outranked 14.2% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kiley
  1. #10,151Zykee6
  2. #10,151Zykerion6
  3. #10,151Zymire6
  4. #11,472Kiley5
  5. #11,472Aadesh5
  6. #11,472Aadin5
  7. #11,472Aahan5

Tied with 1,898 names at #11,472; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2004
Risers
  1. 3,722Talan#4,264#542
  2. 1,048Carmine#1,934#886
  3. 727Leland#1,335#608
  4. 528Amare#1,159#631
  5. 525Braylen#1,359#834
Fallers
  1. 817Madison#857#1,674
  2. 783Andon#865#1,648
  3. 406Kanye#486#892
  4. 379Jakobe#846#1,225
  5. 359Koda#930#1,289

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

See the top 100 for 2005