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“Variant of Kylie — uncertain; possibly from kylie, an Australian Aboriginal word for 'boomerang'” — Uncertain (possibly Australian Aboriginal) origin
Girl's name · #876 in the US (2025) · 2000s
Kylee reached its best rank, #138, in 2011 and ranked #876 in 2025. Roughly 50,000 girls have been named Kylee since 1965. In Mississippi it runs about 5× its national rate. Together with its spelling variant Kylie (#204), Kylee would rank around #171 with about 1,800 births last year — the newborns split about 83/17 between Kylie and Kylee.
Around the world: about 1 in 12,000 girls in Canada (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 33 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 40 notable people named Kylee:
Sports figures appear 2.68× more often than among typical names — e.g. Kylee Shook, American basketball player (born 1998).
Similar names: Keily · Ashlyn · Kyla · Haylee · Kayleigh · Kiera
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