Kellee
Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251 · Last seen for boys in 1994 at #7,770
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1978 · 201 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,714since 1951
Kellee over time
Rank among girls' names. Kellee has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
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| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | — | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
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| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | — | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | — | |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | — | |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 | — | |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | — | |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 | — | |
| 2008 | #8,529 | 14 | — | |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | — | |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 | — | |
| 2005 | #6,528 | 18 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,744 | 21 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,906 | 24 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,174 | 22 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,527 | 26 | — | |
| 1999 | #4,445 | 25 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,116 | 40 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,448 | 33 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,028 | 39 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,152 | 36 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,353 | 55 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #1,942 | 72 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,191 | 61 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,111 | 63 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,081 | 63 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,787 | 75 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,757 | 72 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,699 | 71 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,588 | 75 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,424 | 89 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #1,604 | 69 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,200 | 107 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,357 | 91 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,158 | 115 | — | |
| 1980 | #959 | 154 | — | |
| 1979 | #864 | 179 | — | |
| 1978 | #767 | 201 | — | |
| 1977 | #999 | 135 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,316 | 82 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #1,439 | 72 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,428 | 71 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,418 | 69 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,541 | 60 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,364 | 78 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,118 | 105 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,078 | 105 | — | |
| 1968 | #984 | 112 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,164 | 83 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,063 | 97 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,323 | 68 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,198 | 85 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,104 | 97 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,224 | 81 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,360 | 67 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,328 | 69 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,435 | 56 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,872 | 34 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,928 | 32 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 | — | |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | — | |
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| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | — | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kellee! It came in at #5,414, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1951–1953, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kellee is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Maryland#471 · 1 in 3,493
- Ohio#627 · 1 in 6,568
- Indiana#676 · 1 in 6,979
- Pennsylvania#894 · 1 in 11,558
- Texas#1,132 · 1 in 12,373
Best ever in a state: #263 in District of Columbia, 1978.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #471 | 6 | 1 in 3,493 |
| Ohio | #627 | 11 | 1 in 6,568 |
| Indiana | #676 | 5 | 1 in 6,979 |
| Pennsylvania | #894 | 6 | 1 in 11,558 |
| Texas | #1,132 | 10 | 1 in 12,373 |
| California | #1,332 | 12 | 1 in 15,108 |
| New York | #1,418 | 6 | 1 in 16,889 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Kellee
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Biggest jump: 317 spots in 1977 (#1,316 → #999)
- Biggest drop: 199 spots in 1981 (#959 → #1,158)
- Debuted 1951
- Peaked 1978 at #767 (201 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1977–1980
- Highest: 1 in 7,621 girls born in 1978 were named Kellee (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,172 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
- 28.3% of all girls named Kellee (1,052) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 163 | #1,435 (1959) | #3,515 |
| 1960s | 864 | #984 (1968) | #1,183 |
| 1970s | 1,052 | #767 (1978) | #1,225 |
| 1980s | 918 | #959 (1980) | #1,453 |
| 1990s | 487 | #1,942 (1993) | #2,787 |
| 2000s | 171 | #4,527 (2000) | #7,377 |
| 2010s | 54 | #10,374 (2011) | #12,617 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,251 (2021) | #15,251 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kellee in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 14,505 of them was named Kellee, which outranked 90.5% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,155Andrew116
- #1,155Shakira116
- #1,155Shay116
- #1,158Kellee115
- #1,158Adina115
- #1,158Delilah115
- #1,158Linnea115
- #1,165Alia114
- #1,165Atiya114
- #1,165Brigitte114
Tied with 6 names at #1,158; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.