# Kayley (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kayley/  
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 | /ˈkeɪli/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,586 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 8,586 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,273, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 211 | 1,161 |
| 2012 | 218 | 1,129 |
| 2013 | 181 | 1,298 |
| 2014 | 143 | 1,530 |
| 2015 | 132 | 1,630 |
| 2016 | 125 | 1,710 |
| 2017 | 100 | 1,984 |
| 2018 | 97 | 2,020 |
| 2019 | 65 | 2,667 |
| 2020 | 80 | 2,248 |
| 2021 | 63 | 2,738 |
| 2022 | 71 | 2,517 |
| 2023 | 56 | 2,998 |
| 2024 | 49 | 3,256 |
| 2025 | 45 | 3,429 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 44 | 795 |
| 2010 | 38 | 910 |
| 2011 | 21 | 1,438 |
| 2012 | 28 | 1,184 |
| 2013 | 15 | 1,864 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,966 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,328 |
| 2016 | 15 | 1,920 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,518 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## 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.