Kaylee

“Modern coinage — combines Kay and Lee” — Modern coinage origin

Girl's name · #255 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Kaylee reached #26 in 2009 and has faded to #255 since. About 140,000 girls have carried it since 1943. Together with its spelling variants Kailey (#1420), Kaylie (#1454), and Kailee (#1969), Kaylee 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. A popular twin pairing with Kaylee is Haylee for a girl.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,100 girls in New Zealand (2025) · about 1 in 1,500 girls in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 6,400 girls in France (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 46 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Kaylees

Kaylee McKeown — Australian swimmer
Kaylee DeFer — American actress
Kaylee Marie Kaneshiro — American actress
Kaylee Hottle — American actress
Kaylee Tuck — American politician

In stories & tradition

Kaylee Frye — Firefly · Serenity
Kaylee Ehrmantraut — Breaking Bad · Better Call Saul
Kaylee Holland — Stuck in the Suburbs

What Kaylees become

Among 68 notable people named Kaylee:

Sports figures appear 3.29× more often than among typical names — e.g. Kaylee McKeown, Australian swimmer.

Similar names: Kailey · Jayla · Kayla · Hailey · Nevaeh · Kylie

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