Fun Facts About the Name Kylea
- More than 1 thousand babies named Kylea: U.S. records list 1,578 babies given the name Kylea from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Kylea Mean?
Kylea is a feminine given name built on the Scottish name Kyle, which comes from Scottish Gaelic caol, meaning "narrow." The word was used of a narrow stretch of water - a strait or channel - so the literal sense behind the name is "narrow," and the customary English paraphrase is "from the narrow water" or "strait."
The name takes the masculine form Kyle and adds the feminine ending -a. Its written shape also sits close to Kylee, a feminine form of Kyle ending in -ee, and to Kylie, which resembles Kylea in sound but has a different background. Only Kyle supplies Kylea's meaning.
Kylea Name History & Origins
The source of Kyle is a Scottish place-name element. Gaelic caol referred to a narrow passage of water, and it survives in Scottish coastal names such as Kyle of Lochalsh, Kyle of Tongue, and Kyleakin, as well as in the district of Kyle in Ayrshire, one of that county's three historic divisions alongside Carrick and Cunninghame. The surname Kyle developed from places of this kind.
Kyle later came into use as a male given name in the English-speaking world, and feminine forms were made from it by altering the ending. Kylee uses a final -ee, while Kylea uses -a, the ending that marks feminine forms in many European naming traditions. The similar-sounding Kylie, despite the resemblance, comes from a different source and is not part of the Kyle family.
How Popular is the Name Kylea?
Kylea has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2003. Its best rank was #2,114 in 2003.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,593 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #8,690 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2023 | #12,843 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #11,761 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #9,275 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #10,731 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #7,199 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2018 | #7,980 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2017 | #5,945 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2016 | #7,807 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2015 | #4,797 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2014 | #4,412 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 2013 | #4,211 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 2012 | #3,960 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 2011 | #3,437 | 47 | 0.0027% |
| 2010 | #3,386 | 48 | 0.0027% |
| 2009 | #2,769 | 65 | 0.0035% |
| 2008 | #2,976 | 59 | 0.0031% |
| 2007 | #2,428 | 78 | 0.0041% |
| 2006 | #2,593 | 70 | 0.0037% |
| 2005 | #2,693 | 63 | 0.0034% |
| 2004 | #2,168 | 83 | 0.0045% |
| 2003 | #2,114 | 83 | 0.0045% |
| 2002 | #2,539 | 62 | 0.0035% |
| 2001 | #2,424 | 65 | 0.0036% |
| 2000 | #2,802 | 52 | 0.0029% |
| 1999 | #2,273 | 66 | 0.0037% |
| 1998 | #2,787 | 48 | 0.0027% |
| 1997 | #2,803 | 44 | 0.0025% |
| 1996 | #3,062 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 1995 | #2,952 | 40 | 0.0023% |
| 1994 | #3,341 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 1993 | #3,730 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 1992 | #3,457 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 1991 | #3,774 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 1990 | #2,772 | 42 | 0.0022% |
| 1989 | #3,959 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1988 | #5,466 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1987 | #5,451 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1986 | #6,869 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1985 | #6,253 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1984 | #5,700 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1983 | #7,007 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #7,830 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1981 | #7,766 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1980 | #6,532 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1979 | #4,510 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1978 | #8,079 | 7 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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