Kyree
Masculine
Kyree is given to both — 8,202 boys and 919 girls since 1880. See Kyree as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Kyree is a young name by the standards of this book — its whole run sits inside living memory, long enough for a first generation to have grown up answering to it. Two syllables, a bright Ky- to open and a soft -ee to close, so it survives a noisy room and a first hearing intact. It is spelled the way it sounds, which is not something every name of its kind can claim.
How old is the name Kyree?
Kyree first appears in US birth records in 1979 — 46 years ago. The typical Kyree is a kid of about 10 — this name's wave is very recent. About 8,100 people named Kyree are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kyree most popular?
Kyree peaked in 2017, reaching #577 nationally. Today it ranks #781, 204 places below that high. See the whole 2017 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Kyree
Kyree belongs to a family of American names built by ear rather than inherited whole: the -ree ending it shares with Tyree, the bright Ky- opening it shares with Kyle and Kyra. Nobody has traced it to a source language, and its record runs only through recent decades, carried most strongly across Texas, Georgia and Florida. The liturgical Kyrie — Greek for 'Lord', sung in churches since antiquity — sounds almost the same out loud, and that resemblance is real whether or not any particular family had it in mind. What can be said plainly is that this name was made here, and passed along the way most names have always traveled: because someone heard it and liked it.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source language or translation has been established for this spelling. What is documented: it appears in American records only, and it sits inside a real cluster of sound — the Ky- of Kyle and Kyra, the -ree ending of Tyree. The Greek word Kyrie, meaning 'Lord' and sung in Christian liturgy for centuries as Kyrie eleison, is near-identical in sound, but no line of descent from it to this spelling is on record.
Pronouncing Kyree
KY-ree
Stress on the first syllable, rhyming with 'eye', is the common American reading. Some bearers use ky-REE instead, so it is worth stating your preference the first time rather than waiting to correct it.
Nicknames for Kyree
Moderate
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
- 1979
- Most boys named
- 2017469 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #577reached in 2017
- Change vs 2024
- +3.5%326 in 2025, from 315
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.
Kyree in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Georgia, Florida.
Kyrees among us
people named Kyree are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 5,239 born in 2025 was named Kyree
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Kyree
- #781
- Kyree on the 2025 chart
- #530
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Kyree went to 326 boys in 2025, but Khyree, Kyre and Khiree and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 8 spellings went to 453, which makes it the 530th most-given boys’ name of the year — 251 places above the chart.
About 1 boy in 3,771 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 5,239 for Kyree itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Reynold test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kyree's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Reynold climbed just as high around 1903, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Reynold's path sketches the road Kyree is walking now.
Kyree sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Kyree is headed
Kyree is easing off slowly — about 15% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Kyree beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kyree in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Spelled phonetically: most English readers get it right on the first attempt without being told.
- Short and clear in speech — two syllables, an open vowel at each end, easy to call across a playground.
- Comes with ready-made short forms in Ky and Kye, both of which already stand alone as names.
- Recognizable in sound while rarely duplicated, so it reads as familiar rather than invented.
- On the American record continuously across several decades, with a generation of bearers now growing up.
- It shares its sound with several other spellings — Kyrie, Kiree, Cyree, Kyri — so expect to spell it out on forms and for it to come back wrong in email now and then.
- No settled meaning exists. If the question 'what does his name mean?' matters to you, this one answers with sound and family story rather than a translation.
- Because the name's wave is so recent, nearly all bearers are still young. That is only a passing awkwardness: every name that lasts has to grow up once.
- The near-identical liturgical word Kyrie means some people will hear a church association that the spelling itself does not claim.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kyrees are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 8,100 people named Kyree are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Kyree?
- Kyree is the most-used spelling in US records — 326 of the 453 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Khyree, Kyre, Khiree, Kyire, Khyre, Kiree and Kyiree.
- How popular is the name Kyree in 2025?
- Kyree ranks #781 among US boy names in 2025, with 326 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kyree?
- About 1 in every 5,239 US boys born in 2025 was named Kyree — 326 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kyree with classmates?
- Kyree will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Kyree
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