Kaelea

Girls' name

Variant of Kaylee

Kaelea has been given to 104 babies in the U.S. since 1991. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1999, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Kaelea, 2011

1 in 732,000

Kaelea over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kaelea: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Kaylee

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kaelea means

Kaelea is a variant of Kaylee.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Kaelea is used in English (Rare).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈkeɪ.li/ for Kaelea.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Kaylee.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 104 girls were recorded with the name Kaelea between 1991 and 2011. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1999; its best national rank was #7,442 in 1999.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Kaelea?

Kaelea had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2011, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2011: 1 in 732,000; 5 of 3,657,935 births
Among girls only: 1 in 352,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2011: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 507,099 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kaelea sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2011 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 507,099 children born in 2011 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kaelea. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kaeleas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kaelea was born before 1999 — so the typical Kaelea is around 26 today.

Median birth year: 1999; About 26 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 53.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 104; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 53.8% of all recorded uses (56).

Is Kaelea rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1999 (13)
Years since peak: 26; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 28.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,442; 1999

Spellings of Kaelea

Kaelea is not the most common spelling — Kayla is, with 42.8% against Kaelea's 0.01%.

Kayla42.8%346,570
Kaylee17.3%140,425
Karla11.3%91,586
Kailey3.4%27,244
Kaelyn1.9%15,566
Kaila1.8%14,556
Kaley1.7%13,682
Karlee1.7%13,647

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Kaelea by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #7,442; 1999
Peak year: 1999; 13 that year
First recorded: 1991
Last recorded: 2011
All-time count: 104
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Kaelea

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Kaeloni Kaelis Kaena Kaelei Kaesha Adalea Azelea Oaklea Kaeda Kaesyn Kaede Avalea Kaeden Kaedyn Kaegan Kaelly Kaelie Novalea Paislea Ellea Kaelia Kaeya Kaelany Kaetlin

Sibling names for Kaelea

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Tatianna Caleigh Chyna Calista Destini Carson Madisen Nada

For a brother

Jaren Marshal Maximillian Reyes Stone Devyn Garrison Tyrese

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