Kaylea

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 30 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
30
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kaylea by the numbers

Kaylea was given to 30 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 158 babies in 1999, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Kaylea

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 Kaylea. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kaleathe bright, cheerful one159 in the US (2017)
  • Kayleybattle; a form of Kaylee or Caoimhe100 in the US (2017)
  • Kaylenarrow strait or channel; a modern respelling of Kyle43 in the US (2017)
  • Kahleathe sea; form of Kalea10 in the US (2017)
  • Kaylee3,390 in the US (2017)
  • Kayla2,108 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kaylea

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

  • Callabeautiful; from the calla lily plant175 in the US (2017)
  • Kailastylish; a variant of Kayla133 in the US (2017)
  • Kailahstylish; a variant of kayla42 in the US (2017)
  • Kalatime; black; dark22 in the US (2017)
  • Calacastle or fortification8 in the US (2017)
  • Khawlacurved or bent7 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Kaylea

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