Kylie

Kylie has Australian roots, borrowed from an Aboriginal word for a type of boomerang, though it entered global consciousness through Kylie Minogue, the pop star who went from Neighbours to dance floors in 1988. A generation later, Kylie Jenner carried it into another decade of visibility. Americans picked it up in the 1990s and haven't quite put it down, currently at rank 189. The spelling varies, Kylee, Kylie, Kaylee in nearby orbits, but this one holds the original. Two syllables, bright vowels, a ready smile. Kylie is sporty and social, friendly by design, with nothing pretentious in the carry.