Kayley

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Kayley: Recorded since 1995, it reached #219 in 2006, and it stood at #885 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
54times a registrar ranked it
31years from first to last
#219highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2022

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#293
1997	#350
1998	#356
1999	#338
2000	#369
2001	#419
2002	#463
2003	#384
2004	#450
2005	#571
2006	#484
2007	#565
2008	#767
2009	#795
2010	#910
2011	#1438
2012	#1184
2013	#1864
2014	#1966
2015	#2328
2016	#1920
2017	#5765
2018	#3518
2019	#4686
2020	#3899
2021	#3519
2022	#5669

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 Republic of Ireland in 22 of the 31 years from 1995 to 2025.

In 2019: #871 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4686 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1995–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1995
First recorded at #417 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1995 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2023
Highest recorded position: #219 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2006 (recorded 1998–2023).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Kayley appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 27 ranked years and 1,270 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1995.

Kayley 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.

Kayley'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#417 (1995)	#320 (2005)	#885 (2025)	22 of 31	123 (1995–2025)	11 (2005)
England and Wales · Girls	#293 (1996)	#293 (1996)	#5669 (2022)	27 of 27	1,270 (1996–2022)	127 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#301 (1998)	#219 (2006)	#391 (2023)	5 of 26	21 (1998–2023)	8 (2006)

Kayley 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 Kayley in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	411	4 of 10	103
2000sbusiest	690	10 of 10	69
2010s	155	10 of 10	16
2020s	14	3 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 69 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1996 and 1997, when recorded births fell by 32, from 127 to 95.

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

Kayley 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 1995 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #219 in Northern Ireland in 2006.

Kayley'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
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1920	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2328	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1966	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1864	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1184	28	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1438	21	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#910	38	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#795	44	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#767	45	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#565	64	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#484	79	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#571	57	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#450	78	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#384	95	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#463	67	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#419	73	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#369	88	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#338	95	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#356	94	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#350	95	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#293	127	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#391	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#451	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#444	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#219	8	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#301	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#885	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#469	9	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#431	9	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#464	7	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#320	11	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#511	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	7	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#528	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	6	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	8	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	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 1995 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #219, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 127 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 3 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.

Kaylem · #242, 28y
Kaylen · #382, 29y
Kaylie · #753, 26y
Kaylin · #576, 24y

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.

Bryn · #219, 29y
Rhian · #219, 31y
Samara · #219, 29y
Amari · #218, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Bryn · #219, 29y
Ema · #219, 29y
Rhian · #219, 31y
Samara · #219, 29y

Kayley was ranked #219 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2006. 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.

Kayley 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 Kayley without appearing here.

Kayley moved ahead of

Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4686 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3519 and #5581.
Kerry Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5765 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #4684.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3518 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4686 and #5591.
Janet Compare
In 2009 they stood at #490 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #510 and #910.

Moved ahead of Kayley

Ann Compare
In 2016 they stood at #1920 and #2008 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #1681.
Judith Compare
In 2016 they stood at #1920 and #2233 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #1681.
Jesse Compare
In 2016 they stood at #1920 and #2008 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #1817.
Janice Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3519 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #1948.

Moved the opposite way to Kayley

Abigail Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kayley went from #417 to #885 while Abigail went from #211 to #115.
Alice Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kayley went from #417 to #885 while Alice went from #76 to #41.
Anna Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kayley went from #417 to #885 while Anna went from #47 to #26.
Annie Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kayley went from #417 to #885 while Annie went from #154 to #33.

Moved the same way as Kayley

Aoife Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kayley went from #417 to #885 and Aoife from #3 to #34.
Audrey Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kayley went from #417 to #885 and Audrey from #310 to #885.
Eileen Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kayley went from #417 to #885 and Eileen from #114 to #443.
Elaine Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kayley went from #417 to #885 and Elaine from #64 to #608.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 1995 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #219 in Northern Ireland in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Kayley

Kayley at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kayley across 3 official records

Kayley by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kayley appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Kayley

Kayley and the names beside it

Kayley moved ahead of

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Kayley at a glance

Kayley across 3 official records

Kayley by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kayley appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Kayley

Kayley and the names beside it

Kayley moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kayley

Moved the opposite way to Kayley

Moved the same way as Kayley