Kaley Girl
How popular is Kaley?
#3,831 girl name in 2025
38 baby girls were named Kaley in the US in 2025, making it the 3831st most popular girl name.
Kaley popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,831 for girls (▼ 1137 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 38 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-81% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,234 in 2015, #2,005 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2003 (578 girls) |
| Highest rank | #457 in 1993 |
| First recorded | 1967 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kaley counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kaylee family of names ranked #38 for girls in 2025 (#29 the year before), with 6,126 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kaylee | 1,205 | 20% |
| Callie | 1,754 | 29% |
| Kali | 948 | 15% |
| Cali | 518 | 8% |
| Kayleigh | 340 | 6% |
| Kallie | 279 | 5% |
| Kailey | 153 | 2% |
| Kaylie | 148 | 2% |
| Caylee | 84 | 1% |
| Kailee | 98 | 2% |
| Kaleigh | 56 | 1% |
| Kaley | 38 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kaley is most popular
Babies named Kaley per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (50 girls)
- Maryland: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (35 girls)
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
- Illinois: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
Kaley by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20 | #4,778 |
| 1970s | 130 | #2,942 |
| 1980s | 1,583 | #647 |
| 1990s | 4,905 | #457 |
| 2000s | 4,622 | #495 |
| 2010s | 2,005 | #1,030 |
| 2020s | 417 | #2,005 |
Girl names about as popular as Kaley
Questions
- Is Kaley a boy or girl name?
- Kaley is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kaley were girls.
- How popular is the name Kaley?
- 38 baby girls were named Kaley in the US in 2025, making it the 3831st most popular girl name.
- When was Kaley most popular?
- Kaley peaked in 2003, when 578 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #457 in 1993.
- How many people are named Kaley?
- 13,707 babies have been named Kaley in the US since 1880. We estimate about 13,521 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 26.
- Where is Kaley most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kaley was most common in California, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.