How Many People Are Named Klee?
An estimated 373 people in the United States have the first name Klee. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 21 years old, and Klee peaked in popularity in 1998 with 22 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Klee 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 Klee paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
373
About 1 in 918,912 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
21
years old
Peak Year
1998
22 births
Total Registered
380
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Klee
Klee is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 380 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Klee as a female name
Ranked #12,791 in 2024
7 female births in 2024
Peak: 1998 (22 births)
Klee: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Klee span from the 1980s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 150 babies were registered. Klee has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Klee by Decade
How has Klee 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.
Klee by State
Klee + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Klee as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Klee
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Klee: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Klee?
We estimate approximately 373 people named Klee 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 918,912 Americans share this first name.
Is Klee a common name?
Klee is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 81.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 380 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Klee most popular?
Klee reached peak popularity in 1998, when 22 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Klee is approximately 21 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Klee a female name?
Klee is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Klee Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Klee Smith, Klee Johnson, Klee 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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