How Many People Are Named Kaely?
An estimated 1,089 people in the United States have the first name Kaely. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 18 years old, and Kaely peaked in popularity in 2023 with 71 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Kaely as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Kaely paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,089
About 1 in 314,742 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
18
years old
Peak Year
2023
71 births
Total Registered
1,108
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Kaely
Kaely is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,108 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Kaely as a female name
Ranked #3,188 in 2024
50 female births in 2024
Peak: 2023 (71 births)
Kaely: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Kaely span from the 1980s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 335 babies were registered. While Kaely is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Kaely by Decade
How has Kaely tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Kaely by State
Birth registrations for Kaely span all 7 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, Florida. The lowest are in Virginia, New York, New Jersey. On average, about 45 Kaelys were registered per state.
Kaely + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Kaely as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Kaely
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Kaely: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Kaely?
We estimate approximately 1,089 people named Kaely are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 314,742 Americans share this first name.
Is Kaely a common name?
Kaely is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 90.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,108 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Kaely most popular?
Kaely reached peak popularity in 2023, when 71 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Kaely is approximately 18 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Kaely a female name?
Kaely is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Kaely Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Kaely Smith, Kaely Johnson, Kaely Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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