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“Variant of Kaylee — Modern coinage — combines Kay and Lee” — Modern coinage origin
Girl's name · #1420 in the US (2025) · 2000s
Kailey reached #228 in 2004 and has faded to #1420 since. About 27,000 girls have carried it since 1970. Together with its spelling variants Kaylee (#255), Kaylie (#1454), and Kailee (#1969), Kailey would rank around #196 with about 1,600 births last year — the newborns split about 75/10/9/6 across Kaylee, Kailey, Kaylie, and Kailee.
Around the world: about 1 in 11,000 girls in Canada (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 20 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 22 notable people named Kailey:
Sports figures appear 3.86× more often than among typical names — e.g. Kailey Willis, Maltese association football player.
Similar names: Kaylie · Janessa · Kaila · Haylee · Jaelyn · Jaylee
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