# Kailee (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kailee/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,953 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 28 / 12,925 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 23, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Kaylee.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 424 | 670 |
| 2012 | 377 | 738 |
| 2013 | 368 | 740 |
| 2014 | 319 | 864 |
| 2015 | 345 | 812 |
| 2016 | 304 | 912 |
| 2017 | 281 | 939 |
| 2018 | 246 | 1,045 |
| 2019 | 207 | 1,159 |
| 2020 | 168 | 1,312 |
| 2021 | 158 | 1,388 |
| 2022 | 141 | 1,528 |
| 2023 | 124 | 1,674 |
| 2024 | 103 | 1,935 |
| 2025 | 98 | 1,969 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6 | 9,696 |
| 2001 | 8 | 7,927 |
| 2006 | 9 | 8,383 |
| 2019 | 5 | 13,108 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |
| 1999 | 4 | 3,225 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3,262 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.