Keilee
Feminine
Keilee is a light, two-syllable name in the Keely and Kylie family, ending on -lee. That ending happens to be an old English word in its own right: lee, the sheltered side, the quiet place out of the wind, as in the lee of a hill.
How old is the name Keilee?
Keilee first appears in US birth records in 1989 — 36 years ago. The typical Keilee alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 500 people named Keilee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Keilee most popular?
Keilee peaked in 2007, reaching #3918 nationally. See the whole 2007 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Keilee
English has two lees, and Keilee ends in both of them by accident. One is the leah of old place names, a woodland clearing, which gave Ashley and Beverley and a great many villages their endings. The other is hlēo, the Old English word for shelter, which survives in the lee of a wall and the leeward side of a ship, the side out of the wind. Keilee's ending reaches it through names like Kylie and Kaylee rather than straight from either word, but the same three letters can also mean a place out of the weather.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Keilee has no documented meaning of its own. It sounds like Keely, an Irish surname, and looks like Kylie, and its -lee ending is usually traced to the Old English leah, 'a clearing'. The English word lee, 'shelter', is a separate word that shares the spelling.
Pronouncing Keilee
Unsettled. KEE-lee, like Keely, and KY-lee, like Kylie, are both natural readings; KAY-lee is a third. The family will need to choose and tell people.
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1989
- Most girls named
- 200740 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3918reached in 2007
- Change vs 2022
- −35.7%9 in 2023, from 14
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Keilees among us
people named Keilee are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Keilee sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Two short syllables, easy to write and to say once the sound is known.
- Close to familiar names, Keely, Kylie and Kaylee, so it is familiar on first hearing.
- Readers will not know whether to say KEE-lee or KY-lee, and people who hear it will write Keely, Kylie or Kaylee. Expect to spell and say it for others.
- It has no documented meaning of its own; the page can offer only its sound and its neighbors.
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Frequently asked
- How many Keilees are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Keilee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Keilee in 2025?
- Keilee is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Keilee with classmates?
- Keilee will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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