Kayli
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 73 babies a year in the US.
Kayli by the numbers
Kayli was given to 73 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 333 babies in 2003, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Kayli
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 Kayli. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kaliblack; fierce; Hindu goddess of time1,120 in the US (2017)
- Kaylinpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin or Katelin290 in the US (2017)
- Karlifree man; a form of Carla or Karl135 in the US (2017)
- Kallibeautiful; a form of Callie105 in the US (2017)
- Keylibright-headed; a modern respelling of Kelly66 in the US (2017)
- Kaylenarrow strait or channel; a modern respelling of Kyle43 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Kayli
Names that are said the same way as Kayli, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Calliebeautiful; a form of Calista or Calliope270 in England and Wales (2025)
- Callia form of Callie; beautiful or lovely73 in the US (2017)
- Kaliebeautiful; a form of Callie38 in the US (2017)
- Caliebeautiful; a variant of Callie or Cally30 in the US (2017)
- Kahlithe dark goddess; a form of Kali or modern spelling variant21 in the US (2017)
- Callybeautiful or lovely; diminutive of Calista7 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Kayli
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