girl's name

Kayli

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 7,443

Kayli is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 43 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2003, when 333 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 77,101 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1978.

Kayli over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

2,882
'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Kayli by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 6
1980s 490
1990s 2,257
2000s 2,882
2010s 1,183
2020s (to 2025) 316

How popular is Kayli?

In 2025, Kayli was given to 43 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Kayli is used

Canada #2,444 8 in 2016
United States #3,556 43 in 2025
England & Wales #5,632 4 in 2012
France #6,764 5 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Kayli

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Kayli also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Kayli over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Kayli

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Kayli — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Kayli

How popular is the name Kayli?

In 2025, Kayli was given to 43 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Kayli a girl's or a boy's name?

Kayli is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Kayli most popular?

Kayli peaked in 2003, when 333 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Kayli a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Kayli currently ranks #3,556 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.