girl's name
Kylee
KY-lee
- Origin American
- Gender Girl
- Letters 5
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 52,551
the United States
#875
2025 births
Kylee has no agreed source, and it is not a feminine of Kyle — the -lee ending was attached to a Ky- opening in twentieth-century America, and any Gaelic meaning offered for it arrived afterward.
- Kylee is a name of American origin.
- Peaked in 2008, when 2,404 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 10,834 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1965.
Kylee over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 19 |
| 1970s | 537 |
| 1980s | 2,512 |
| 1990s | 9,240 |
| 2000s | 21,331 |
| 2010s | 14,734 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 2,462 |
What Kylee means
Kylee has no established meaning. It is a modern American coinage assembled from a common opening and a decorative ending, so any origin given for it is retrofitted.
Where Kylee comes from
Kylee is one of a large family of American respellings — Kylie, Kyleigh, Kaylee, Kylee — with no single documented source. The -lee is the Old English leah, a woodland clearing, taken from surnames as a sound rather than for its sense. Kyle, sometimes offered as its parent, is a Scottish place name meaning a narrow strait. An Australian Kylie, from an Aboriginal word for a boomerang, is a separate line entirely.
Kylee in use
Kylee peaked in the United States in 2008, when 2,404 babies were registered, and is falling in our data. It charts in exactly one of the six markets we track, at 875th in the United States on 306 births, across 52,551 lifetime births. Our records carry it from 1965, so the whole of its history is recent and almost entirely American.
How popular is Kylee?
In 2025, Kylee was given to 306 babies in the United States, ranking #875 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Kylee is used
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 Kylee
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Kylee also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Kylee over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Kylee in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- Dutch
- Kaylee
Sibling names for Kylee
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Kylee — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Kylee
What does the name Kylee mean?
Nothing established. It is a modern American coinage.
Is it a feminine of Kyle?
No. Kyle is a Scottish place name meaning a narrow strait, and the connection is retrofitted.
Is Kylie the same name?
The Australian Kylie, from an Aboriginal word for a boomerang, is a separate line.
How popular is Kylee?
875th in the United States, down from a 2008 peak of 2,404 births.
Is Kylee a girl's or a boy's name?
Kylee is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
Is Kylee a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Kylee currently ranks #875 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.