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“Uncertain; possibly from kylie, an Australian Aboriginal word for 'boomerang'” — Uncertain (possibly Australian Aboriginal) origin
Girl's name · #204 in the US (2025) · 2000s
Kylie's best rank, #49, came in 2004; it has settled back to #204 today. Roughly 122,000 girls have been named Kylie since 1960. Together with its spelling variant Kylee (#876), Kylie would rank around #171 with about 1,800 births last year — the newborns split about 83/17 between Kylie and Kylee. A popular twin pairing with Kylie is Kayla for a girl.
Around the world: about 1 in 530 girls in Puerto Rico (2025) · about 1 in 1,000 girls in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 1,400 girls in New Zealand (2025).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 47 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 215 notable people named Kylie:
Sports figures appear 2.45× more often than among typical names — e.g. Kylie Masse, Canadian swimmer.
Similar names: Kylee · Mackenzie · Kyla · Hailey · Kaylee · Molly
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