Kalei
Recorded 1973–2025 · United States
Kalei was most popular in 2003, when 142 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,470 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,389, with 23 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,224 people named Kalei.
Kalei over time
How old is the name Kalei?
Kalei first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1973, which makes it about 52 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 46 of the 53 years since.
How many people are named Kalei?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,224 American births named Kalei between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,197 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Kalei in 2025?
23 American babies were named Kalei in 2025, ranking #9,389 that year.
Is Kalei getting more or less popular?
Kalei is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 38 births a year, against 44 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -14% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Kalei a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Kalei is mostly a girl’s name — 87.6% of the 2,224 Americans given it were girls and 12.4% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 73% girls and 27% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Kalei?
Roughly 2,197 Americans named Kalei are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 22 years old, and half are between 14 and 27.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Kalei is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org