Kalei*
#4,184 most common girls' name of all time · #7,120 across all names · 12% male / 88% female · used 1973–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#4,184
Rank overall
#7,120 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
2,224
Since 2016
400
Peak year
2003 #1,406
Best rank
#1,406 2003
Girls
Boys
peak 142/yr
Kalei first appears in 1973. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 11 | 23 | #8,497 |
| 2024 | 25 | 7 | 32 | #5,203 |
| 2023 | 34 | 7 | 41 | #4,227 |
| 2022 | 33 | 17 | 50 | #4,327 |
| 2021 | 29 | 13 | 42 | #4,646 |
| 2020 | 40 | 13 | 53 | #3,701 |
| 2019 | 31 | 7 | 38 | #4,479 |
| 2018 | 25 | 11 | 36 | #5,210 |
| 2017 | 28 | 12 | 40 | #4,852 |
| 2016 | 34 | 11 | 45 | #4,288 |
| 2015 | 32 | 6 | 38 | #4,437 |
| 2014 | 33 | 6 | 39 | #4,395 |
| 2013 | 48 | 8 | 56 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 42 | 5 | 47 | #3,748 |
| 2011 | 30 | 9 | 39 | #4,728 |
| 2010 | 51 | 5 | 56 | #3,231 |
| 2009 | 70 | 6 | 76 | #2,629 |
| 2008 | 53 | — | 53 | #3,185 |
| 2007 | 82 | 11 | 93 | #2,338 |
| 2006 | 89 | 8 | 97 | #2,175 |
| 2005 | 95 | 10 | 105 | #1,999 |
| 2004 | 88 | 6 | 94 | #2,075 |
| 2003 | 142 | — | 142 | #1,406 |
| 2002 | 90 | 8 | 98 | #1,964 |
| 2001 | 100 | 8 | 108 | #1,791 |
| 2000 | 98 | 7 | 105 | #1,785 |
| 1999 | 104 | 10 | 114 | #1,616 |
| 1998 | 98 | — | 98 | #1,655 |
| 1997 | 79 | — | 79 | #1,877 |
| 1996 | 31 | — | 31 | #3,613 |
| 1995 | 28 | — | 28 | #3,843 |
| 1994 | 27 | — | 27 | #3,973 |
| 1993 | 11 | 5 | 16 | #7,781 |
| 1992 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,198 |
| 1991 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,132 |
| 1990 | 21 | — | 21 | #4,646 |
| 1989 | 21 | 5 | 26 | #4,473 |
| 1988 | 14 | 5 | 19 | #5,805 |
| 1987 | 10 | 6 | 16 | #7,155 |
| 1986 | 15 | — | 15 | #5,131 |
| 1985 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1984 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #8,761 |
| 1981 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #11,425 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,259 |
| 1975 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1973 | — | 6 | 6 | — |