Feminine dossier · first seen 1980

Kalei

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Kalei
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2003

Peak rank proxy

142

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1980Peak 20032024

Peak year

2003

Decline from peak

82.4%

2024

All-time

1,935

Kalei has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2003, when 142 girls were named Kalei.

In 2024, only 25 girls were given the name.

Down 82.4% from its peak.

All told, about 1,935 Americans have been named Kalei and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1980.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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