Kylee
- Pronunciation
- [Ky-lee]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Fair And Beautiful.
- Origin
- Gaelic
About the Name Kylee
Kylee is a modern American spelling variant of Kylie (see separate entry on Kylie for the Australian Aboriginal etymology — possibly from the Noongar word kail meaning "boomerang" — and the Gaelic etymology meaning "church" or "narrow strait"). The Ky-lee spelling is essentially a 20th-21st century American invention.
The various spellings (Kylee, Kylie, Kyleigh, Kyly) are tracked separately by SSA and represent the same underlying name. The Kylee spelling specifically appeals to parents seeking a more visually distinctive form than the historical Kylie. The name has been used predominantly for girls in modern American naming. Notable bearers using either spelling include American singer Kylie Minogue (using the Kylie spelling, born 1968, the iconic Australian singer-actress whose career through the late 1980s through the 2010s made her one of the foundational figures of late-20th-century international pop music); American beauty mogul Kylie Jenner (using the Kylie spelling, born 1997, the youngest member of the Kardashian-Jenner family and founder of Kylie Cosmetics).
Kylee's American climb is recent: the name climbed from outside the US top 1000 in 1995 to the US top 300 girls' rank by 2014 and the top 300 since. The name's appeal sits in three contemporary American naming preferences: the in-built Kylie modern multi-cultural pedigree, the popular two-syllable -ee ending family (Kylee, Bailee, Hailee, Charlee), and the modern visual presence. Two firm syllables, soft consonants, and tonal warmth distinctive to invented modern American names. Common nicknames are scarce since the name is already short — Ky (the dominant short form, casual and warm) and the rare Lee (back-end shortening) each occasionally appear; the alternate spellings Kylie (the historical spelling), Kylee, Kyleigh, and Kyly have their own SSA tracking. International forms include the original Australian Aboriginal kail source.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Kylee
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Kylee by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2008 with 2,385 girls named Kylee (girl rank #142 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #876 for girls (306 US births). That's 734 places below its 2008 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 Kylee 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 Kylee the strongest states are Mississippi, South Dakota, West Virginia.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mississippi | #206 | 147 |
| 2 | South Dakota | #229 | 16 |
| 3 | West Virginia | #239 | 59 |
| 4 | Kentucky | #328 | 156 |
| 5 | Arkansas | #337 | 85 |
| 6 | Louisiana | #348 | 142 |
| 7 | Alabama | #351 | 154 |
| 8 | Idaho | #369 | 17 |
| 9 | South Carolina | #382 | 140 |
| 10 | Georgia | #406 | 292 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | #907 | 192 |
| 2 | Colorado | #812 | 50 |
| 3 | New Jersey | #773 | 83 |
| 4 | Massachusetts | #752 | 43 |
| 5 | New York | #749 | 192 |
| 6 | Arizona | #710 | 85 |
| 7 | Washington | #684 | 75 |
| 8 | Texas | #679 | 473 |
| 9 | Illinois | #672 | 164 |
| 10 | Indiana | #608 | 117 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Kylee in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
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Compare Kylee to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Kylee against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).