Kailey

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kailey: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kailey: Recorded since 1996, it reached #248 in 2003, and it stood at #4,709 in 2023.

3registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#248highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#2152
1998	#1979
1999	#1970
2000	#3247
2001	#2023
2002	#2301
2003	#1628
2004	#2112
2005	#2970
2006	#2509
2007	#2233
2008	#3397
2009	#3936
2010	#4012
2011	#4764
2012	#3285
2014	#5691
2015	#5730
2016	#4763
2017	#4763
2018	#5666
2019	#5591
2022	#5669
2023	#4709

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 25 of the 28 years from 1996 to 2023.

In 2017: #734 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4763 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2003–2009
Highest recorded position: #248 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2003 (recorded 2003–2009).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4709 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Kailey appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 25 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 146 births with the name.

Kailey across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kailey's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#1628 (2003)	#4709 (2023)	25 of 28	146 (1996–2023)	12 (2003)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#677 (2004)	#665 (2008)	#734 (2017)	3 of 14	12 (2004–2017)	5 (2008)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#248 (2003)	#248 (2003)	#419 (2009)	3 of 7	11 (2003–2009)	5 (2003)

Kailey by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kailey in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	28	4 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	75	10 of 10	8
2010s	36	9 of 10	4
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kailey appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #248 in Northern Ireland in 2003.

Kailey's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2112	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1628	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2023	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1970	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1979	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#248	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#665	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2023, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #248, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 8 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Kaileigh · #444, 10y
Kailen · #779, 26y
Kailum · #401, 25y
Kailyn · #862, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Alivia · #248, 28y
Alysha · #248, 29y
Ann-Marie · #248, 28y
Kym · #247, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alivia · #248, 28y
Alysha · #248, 29y
Kodi · #248, 30y
Thilde · #248, 27y

Kailey was ranked #248 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2003. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kailey and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kailey without appearing here.

Kailey moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #3247 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2023 and #3998.
Gail Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2152 and #1958 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #1979 and #3142.
Vicki Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2023 and #2023 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2301 and #3409.
Belinda Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5591 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Kailey

Teddy Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2301 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #1798.
Meabh Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3285 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #2314.
Tove Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4763 and #5765 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #2674.
Malin Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3285 and #3681 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #2120.

Moved the opposite way to Kailey

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Kailey went from #2683 to #4709 while Ada went from #2683 to #37.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Kailey went from #2683 to #4709 while Alma went from #2096 to #228.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Kailey went from #2683 to #4709 while Alyssa went from #783 to #241.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Kailey went from #2683 to #4709 while Amalie went from #2096 to #865.

Moved the same way as Kailey

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Kailey went from #2683 to #4709 and Abigail from #21 to #134.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Kailey went from #2683 to #4709 and Aimee from #70 to #1206.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Kailey went from #2683 to #4709 and Aisling from #440 to #2504.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Kailey went from #2683 to #4709 and Alex from #161 to #2504.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #248 in Northern Ireland in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Kailey

Kailey at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kailey across 3 official records

Kailey by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Kailey across 3 official records

Kailey by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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