Kaley

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Kaley: Recorded since 1994, it reached #432 in 2017, and it stood at #4,709 in 2023.

3registrars recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#432highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#3174
1998	#3142
1999	#3225
2000	#2746
2001	#2783
2002	#2868
2003	#1996
2004	#2802
2005	#4798
2006	#3548
2007	#4294
2008	#3397
2009	#4564
2010	#4688
2011	#4764
2013	#5742
2014	#3514
2015	#4103
2016	#5785
2017	#5765
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 22 of the 28 years from 1996 to 2023.

In 2017: #432 among girls in Northern Ireland, #5765 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1994–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1994
First recorded at #502 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1994 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4709 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Kaley appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 22 ranked years and 102 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1994.

Kaley across 2 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.

Kaley'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	#2350 (1996)	#1996 (2003)	#4709 (2023)	22 of 28	102 (1996–2023)	9 (2003)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#502 (1994)	#502 (1994)	#751 (2015)	3 of 22	10 (1994–2015)	4 (2015)

Kaley 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 Kaley in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	18	4 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	52	10 of 10	5
2010s	28	7 of 10	4
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Kaley 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 1994 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #432 in Northern Ireland in 2017.

Kaley'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
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1996	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#432	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#751	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	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 1994 and 2023, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #432, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 23 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.

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Kalen · #629, 29y
Kali · #223, 30y
Kalia · #2178, 18y

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.

Aleigha · #432, 26y
Layla-Rose · #432, 18y
Teodora · #432, 24y
Zosia · #432, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Abram · #432, 18y
Aleigha · #432, 26y
Amarah · #432, 29y
Beatriz · #432, 29y

Kaley was ranked #432 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2017. 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.

Kaley 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 Kaley without appearing here.

Kaley moved ahead of

Rian Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4688 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #5691.
George Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2802 and #2802 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #3397 and #5545.
Ollie Compare
In 2005 they stood at #4798 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #3548 and #5061.
Debra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4688 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Kaley

Teddy Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2868 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #5742 and #2460.
Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4103 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2706.
Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3548 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #2326.
Cecilie Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4564 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4764 and #2636.

Moved the opposite way to Kaley

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Kaley went from #2350 to #4709 while Ada went from #2683 to #37.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Kaley went from #2350 to #4709 while Alma went from #2096 to #228.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Kaley went from #2350 to #4709 while Alyssa went from #783 to #241.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Kaley went from #2350 to #4709 while Amalie went from #2096 to #865.

Moved the same way as Kaley

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Kaley went from #2350 to #4709 and Abigail from #21 to #134.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Kaley went from #2350 to #4709 and Aimee from #70 to #1206.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Kaley went from #2350 to #4709 and Aisling from #440 to #2504.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Kaley went from #2350 to #4709 and Alex from #161 to #2504.

What's not yet available

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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 1994 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #432 in Northern Ireland in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Kaley

Kaley at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kaley across 2 official records

Kaley by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Kaley across 2 official records

Kaley by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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Kaley and the names beside it

Kaley moved ahead of

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