Kaylie
- Pronunciation
- [Kay-lie]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Variant Of Kay And Kayla Keeper Of The Keys: Pure.
- Origin
- English
About the Name Kaylie
Kaylie belongs to the expansive Kayla / Kaylee sound family that flourished in American naming from the 1980s through the 2010s. The family blends a Kay- prefix — loosely connected to the Greek katharos, "pure," through its Katherine lineage — with an Old English lēah suffix meaning "meadow" or "clearing." As such, Kaylie is best understood as a modern phonetic construction rather than a name with a single unbroken ancient etymology; the meaning "keeper of the keys; pure" attributed to it reflects the Katherine lineage carried by Kay rather than any independent ancient word Kaylie itself derives from. Its easy two-syllable rhythm, bright opening vowel, and friendly sound made it one of dozens of closely related spellings that parents could choose to personalize a beloved sound family.
Kaylie appears in the US Social Security top-1000 from 2000 and reached its peak rank of #281 in 2006. It held a consistent mid-list presence for two decades before gradually narrowing: #795 in 2018, #839 in 2019, and #913 in 2020, the last year it appeared in the top-1000. Over its tracked run, roughly 15,637 babies received this spelling in top-1000 years. The recorded variant family is exceptionally large, including Cala, Caleigh, Cayleigh, Kaela, Kaila, Kailee, Kailey, Kaleigh, Kaley, Kaylah, Kaylea, Kayleigh, Kayley, and Kayli, among others.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Kaylie
US Popularity History (2000–2020)
Annual US births named Kaylie by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2006 with 1,195 girls named Kaylie (girl rank #281 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2020, ranked #913 for girls (286 US births). That's 632 places below its 2006 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Kaylie Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Kaylie the strongest states are Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mississippi | #539 | 29 |
| 2 | Louisiana | #655 | 47 |
| 3 | Kentucky | #661 | 19 |
| 4 | Maryland | #673 | 35 |
| 5 | South Carolina | #710 | 18 |
| 6 | Missouri | #734 | 39 |
| 7 | New York | #743 | 201 |
| 8 | California | #753 | 443 |
| 9 | Alabama | #769 | 50 |
| 10 | Massachusetts | #791 | 25 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Carolina | #944 | 38 |
| 2 | Pennsylvania | #939 | 50 |
| 3 | Indiana | #937 | 26 |
| 4 | Texas | #857 | 282 |
| 5 | Washington | #843 | 33 |
| 6 | New Jersey | #830 | 64 |
| 7 | Ohio | #824 | 47 |
| 8 | Colorado | #823 | 27 |
| 9 | Wisconsin | #817 | 18 |
| 10 | Florida | #814 | 144 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Kaylie in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cala | Castle | Female | Arabic |
| Caleigh | Pure | Female | English |
| Cayleigh | Pure Meadow: Party: Slender: | Female | English |
| Kaela | Beloved Sweetheart. | Female | Hebrew |
| Kaelah | Variant Of Kay. Keeper Of The Keys: Pure. Also Kayla Is A Character On Daytime TV Days Of Our Lives. | Female | English |
| Kaelee | Variant Of Kay And Kayla Keeper Of The Keys: Pure. | Female | English |
| Kaeleigh | Variant Of Kay And Kayla Keeper Of The Keys: Pure. | Female | English |
| Kaeley | Variant Of Kay And Kayla Keeper Of The Keys: Pure. | Female | English |
| Kaeli | Variant Of Kay And Kayla Keeper Of The Keys: Pure. | Female | English |
| Kaelie | Variant Of Kay And Kayla Keeper Of The Keys: Pure. | Female | English |
| Kahla | Variant Of Kay. Keeper Of The Keys: Pure. | Male | English |
| Kaila | Unisexual Name Meaning "Style." | Female | Hawaiian |
| Kailee | Variant Of Kay And Kayla Keeper Of The Keys: Pure. | Female | English |
| Kailey | Variant Of Kay And Kayla Keeper Of The Keys: Pure. | Female | English |
| Kaili | Name Of A Deity | Male | Hawaiian |
| Kalee | Variant Of Kay And Kayla Keeper Of The Keys: Pure. | Female | English |
| Kaleigh | Variant Of Kay And Kayla Keeper Of The Keys: Pure. | Female | English |
| Kaley | Variant Of Kay And Kayla Keeper Of The Keys: Pure. | Female | English |
| Kalie | Variant Of Kay And Kayla Keeper Of The Keys: Pure. | Female | English |
| Kaylah | Variant Of Kay. Keeper Of The Keys: Pure. Also Kayla Is A Character On Daytime TV Days Of Our Lives. | Male | English |
| Kaylea | Variant Of Kay And Kayla Keeper Of The Keys: Pure. | Female | English |
| Kaylei | Variant Of Kay And Kayla Keeper Of The Keys: Pure. | Female | English |
| Kayleigh | Warrior | Female | Scottish |
| Kayley | Variant Of Kay And Kayla Keeper Of The Keys: Pure. | Female | English |
| Kayli | Variant Of Kay And Kayla Keeper Of The Keys: Pure. | Female | English |
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