Kylie
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Of Australian origin, said to represent an Aboriginal term for the boomerang
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/kaɪli/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kylie is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 662(inferred from the name graph)
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 2.9K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 14K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Kylie itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 461 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 662 (inferred from the name graph)
115,422 named Kaylee, 2020
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Australia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Kaili in CN China, EE Estonia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Of Australian origin, said to represent an Aboriginal term for the boomerang. However, it seems more likely that the name is an invention, influenced by OKyle and pKelly. It is extremely popular in Australia and, in part due to the Australian actress Kylie Minogue (b. 1968), it has also acquired some currency in Britain and elsewhere. Variants: Kyley, Kylee, Kyleigh.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kylie counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 115,422as Kaylee | 1 in 2.9K | 115K | Kylie | 461 |
| AU Australia | #120 | ≈38,000 est. | ≈1 in 662 | 100 | Kylie | 278 |
| CN China | — | ≈30,000 est. | ≈1 in 46K | — | Kaili | 48 |
| GB United Kingdom | #939 | ≈4,600 est. | ≈1 in 14K | 4 | Kylie | 204 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 3,657as Keily | 1 in 4.6K | 3.7K | — | 11 |
| NZ New Zealand | #279 | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 2.9K | 16 | Kylie | 143 |
| EE Estonia | #343 | ≈400 est. | ≈1 in 3.1K | 76 | Kaili | 29 |
| SE Sweden | — | 194 | 1 in 53K | 194 | — | 22 |
115,422 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020, counting the spelling kaylee. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); INEC — civil registry names; Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Kylie is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A female given name originating as a coinage.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In nys, boomerang; usually of the non-returning, hooked (beaked) form
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Kylie Travisb. 1966AUAustralian actress
- Kylie Minogueb. 1968AUAustralian singer and actress (born 1968)
- Kylie Irelandb. 1970USAmerican pornographic actress
- Kylie Bunburyb. 1989CACanadian actress
- Kylie Palmerb. 1990AUAustralian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, former world record-holder
- Kylie Masseb. 1996CACanadian swimmer
- Kylie Jennerb. 1997USAmerican media personality
- Kylie Pageb. 1997USAmerican pornographic actress (1997–2025)
- Kylie Rocketb. 2001USAmerican pornographic actress
- Kylie Rogersb. 2004USAmerican actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 68 sources across 41 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 103K | #540 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 1.5K | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — civil registry names | 2024 | 1.3K | #807 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 406 | #540 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 194 | #5,356 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 102 | — |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 1989 | 100 | #82 |
| AU Australia | QLD BDM — Top 100 Baby Names Queensland (1960–present) | 1989 | 71 | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 2024 | 62 | — |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 1977 | 16 | — |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 2025 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 7 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Kylie a male or female name?
- Kylie is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- Where does the name Kylie come from?
- Of Australian origin, said to represent an Aboriginal term for the boomerang. However, it seems more likely that the name is an invention, influenced by OKyle and pKelly. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- What are other forms of the name Kylie?
- In the etymology graph, Kylee, Kyleigh and Kilie are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Kylie have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 115 thousand people named Kaylee, more than in any other country we hold.
- What does the name Kylie mean?
- Recorded meaning: Of Australian origin, said to represent an Aboriginal term for the boomerang.
- How do you pronounce Kylie?
- A machine transcription gives /kaɪli/ (IPA) for English.
- How common is the name Kylie?
- In Sweden, the national register counted 194 people named Kylie, about 1 in 53 thousand residents.
- How common is Kylie compared with other names?
- In Australia, Kylie is the 120th most common given name of 205,854 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Kylie?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kylieThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kylie” — the 120th most common given name in Australia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.