Kaylee
Girl name · 193 babies recorded · 1974–2025
Kaylee: 193 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to girls, peaking at 17 births in 1988.
Kaylee is a modern coinage blending elements of the Gaelic name Kayla—itself derived from the Irish surname Ó Caollaidhe meaning "slender" or from the old Irish name Caoilainn ("slender and fair")—with the popular -lee suffix. The name gained wider recognition through Kaylee DeFer, the American actress known for playing Ivy Dickens in *Gossip Girl*, and Kaylee Frye, the beloved engineer character from Joss Whedon’s cult sci-fi series *Firefly*. While no major place bears the name directly, the root caol appears in Scottish place-names like Caol, a village near Fort William. Kaylee first appeared on Scottish birth registers in the late 1990s and rose sharply in popularity through the 2000s, often ranking among the top 50 girls' names in Scotland and reflecting the broader trend of inventive, soft-sounding names ending in -lee.
Girl 27 of 52 years
- Peak year
- 198817 babies
- Latest (2024)
- #7903 babies
- Total births
- 193since 1988
- 5-year trend
- ▼ 51%vs prior 5y