Kailee

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 277 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
277
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

How Kailee has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2017. Lower is more popular.
#738#877#1016201520162017#939

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YearUS rank
2015#815
2016#911
2017#939

Kailee by the numbers

Kailee was given to 277 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 584 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Kailee

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kailee. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kaileenthe sea; form of Kailea or Kailani10 in the US (2017)
  • Kaylee3,390 in the US (2017)
  • Kailey451 in the US (2017)
  • Karlee328 in the US (2017)
  • Kaislee34 in the US (2017)
  • Kailea33 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kailee

Names that are said the same way as Kailee, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Cayleeclearing where cows graze; a modern respelling of Cayley268 in the US (2017)
  • Caleigha form of caley or callie112 in the US (2017)
  • Kayleybattle; a form of Kaylee or Caoimhe100 in the US (2017)
  • Caileystrife or battle; a modern respelling of Caley64 in the US (2017)
  • Cayleighfree man; a modern respelling of Carley or Carleigh64 in the US (2017)
  • Kaleithe wreath or garland40 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kailee

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