Kelby
#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births · #5,208 for boys in 2025, 18 births
Given to boys 72.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1991 · 187 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,019since 1948
Kelby over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,491 | 14 | #5,208 | 18 |
| 2024 | #6,642 | 17 | #6,199 | 14 |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | #4,886 | 20 |
| 2022 | #6,707 | 17 | #4,089 | 26 |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 | #4,247 | 24 |
| 2020 | #5,487 | 22 | #4,426 | 22 |
| 2019 | #5,986 | 20 | #4,951 | 19 |
| 2018 | #6,521 | 18 | #2,943 | 40 |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 | #3,678 | 29 |
| 2016 | #6,186 | 20 | #3,441 | 32 |
| 2015 | #5,653 | 23 | #2,809 | 42 |
| 2014 | #4,768 | 29 | #2,885 | 40 |
| 2013 | #5,486 | 24 | #2,562 | 47 |
| 2012 | #4,486 | 32 | #2,209 | 59 |
| 2011 | #4,353 | 33 | #2,478 | 50 |
| 2010 | #4,180 | 35 | #1,913 | 74 |
| 2009 | #4,931 | 29 | #2,401 | 53 |
| 2008 | #3,420 | 48 | #1,838 | 79 |
| 2007 | #3,482 | 47 | #1,875 | 76 |
| 2006 | #3,854 | 39 | #1,877 | 72 |
| 2005 | #3,587 | 41 | #1,691 | 79 |
| 2004 | #3,265 | 46 | #1,335 | 110 |
| 2003 | #2,923 | 52 | #1,291 | 109 |
| 2002 | #2,642 | 58 | #1,708 | 68 |
| 2001 | #2,571 | 59 | #1,231 | 108 |
| 2000 | #2,854 | 50 | #1,573 | 75 |
| 1999 | #2,438 | 59 | #1,118 | 118 |
| 1998 | #2,570 | 53 | #1,014 | 134 |
| 1997 | #2,138 | 65 | #1,134 | 110 |
| 1996 | #2,510 | 50 | #1,180 | 97 |
| 1995 | #2,282 | 58 | #946 | 138 |
| 1994 | #2,585 | 48 | #872 | 152 |
| 1993 | #1,985 | 70 | #859 | 151 |
| 1992 | #1,704 | 88 | #854 | 154 |
| 1991 | #1,656 | 90 | #745 | 187 |
| 1990 | #3,227 | 34 | #930 | 123 |
| 1989 | #4,522 | 20 | #940 | 117 |
| 1988 | #4,496 | 19 | #897 | 114 |
| 1987 | #3,857 | 22 | #1,009 | 88 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #1,269 | 58 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | #1,333 | 52 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 | #1,422 | 45 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #1,448 | 43 |
| 1982 | — | #1,774 | 32 | |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #1,548 | 39 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #1,341 | 49 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #1,407 | 44 |
| 1978 | — | #1,537 | 37 | |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #1,289 | 48 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #1,267 | 48 |
| 1975 | — | #1,258 | 46 | |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #1,229 | 46 |
| 1973 | — | #1,082 | 56 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,069 | 57 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,181 | 48 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,253 | 44 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,728 | 23 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,650 | 23 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,139 | 14 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,249 | 7 | |
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| 1964 | — | #3,282 | 7 | |
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| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,337 | 7 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,619 | 6 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,818 | 9 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,631 | 10 | |
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| 1954 | — | #3,452 | 6 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,391 | 11 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,373 | 6 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,066 | 7 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,770 | 8 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,690 | 5 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kelby! It came in at #3,668, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1955–1956, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Kelby is popular in 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#349 · 1 in 2,936
- Minnesota#414 · 1 in 6,309
- Colorado#451 · 1 in 4,837
- Indiana#528 · 1 in 7,923
- Missouri#532 · 1 in 7,549
Best ever in a state: #125 in Wyoming, 1991.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #349 | 7 | 1 in 2,936 |
| Minnesota | #414 | 5 | 1 in 6,309 |
| Colorado | #451 | 5 | 1 in 4,837 |
| Indiana | #528 | 5 | 1 in 7,923 |
| Missouri | #532 | 5 | 1 in 7,549 |
| Louisiana | #633 | 5 | 1 in 6,382 |
| Ohio | #681 | 6 | 1 in 13,017 |
| Illinois | #735 | 8 | 1 in 10,850 |
| Georgia | #742 | 5 | 1 in 9,892 |
| Texas | #876 | 11 | 1 in 13,464 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kelby
- 991 spots since 2024 (#6,199 → #5,208)
- 782 spots since 2020 (#4,426 → #5,208)
- 2,399 spots since 2015 (#2,809 → #5,208)
- Biggest jump: 185 spots in 1991 (#930 → #745)
- Biggest drop: 234 spots in 1996 (#946 → #1,180)
- Debuted 1948
- Peaked 1991 at #745 (187 births)
- Births halved by 2000, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1988–1995
- Highest: 1 in 10,804 boys born in 1991 were named Kelby (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 94,893 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 33.9% of all boys named Kelby (1,364) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2024, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 10 | #3,668 (1948) | #3,679 |
| 1950s | 63 | #2,391 (1953) | #3,015 |
| 1960s | 86 | #1,650 (1968) | #2,779 |
| 1970s | 474 | #1,069 (1972) | #1,257 |
| 1980s | 637 | #897 (1988) | #1,298 |
| 1990s | 1,364 | #745 (1991) | #965 |
| 2000s | 829 | #1,231 (2001) | #1,682 |
| 2010s | 432 | #1,913 (2010) | #2,987 |
| 2020s | 124 | #4,089 (2022) | #4,843 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kelby in 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 92,178 of them was named Kelby, which outranked 68.9% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,358Tony21
- #4,358Vanisha21
- #4,358Zayra21
- #4,522Kelby20
- #4,522Adrea20
- #4,522Aleece20
- #4,522Aleia20
- #4,670Adrieanna19
- #4,670Aime19
- #4,670Aisa19
Tied with 147 names at #4,522; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 17,102 of them was named Kelby, which outranked 89.8% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #932Waylon119
- #938Denny118
- #938Silas118
- #940Kelby117
- #940Brandin117
- #940Danielle117
- #940Jacoby117
- #947Elvin116
- #947Jamarcus116
- #947Marlin116
Tied with 6 names at #940; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.