Given name

Kylei

Kylei is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Kylei isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Kylei through the years

Babies since 1880
1,237
0 boys · 1,237 girls
Most popular year
2012
78 babies
2025
13
#8,127 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−43%
Cooling
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Kylei in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1989–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,127 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 43.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 78 in 2012. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 918 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Kylei, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Kyleigh

“from the narrow channel”

46UncommonCooling

>99% girls

Modern

Keili

11Very rare

>99% girls

Modern

Kinnidy

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Kekeli

11Very rare

14% boys · 86% girls

Modern

Kitara

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Corniya

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Karai

0Not recently recordedCooling

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Kylei’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Kylei

A sister for Kylei