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 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 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 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Utah#441 · 1 in 2,869
- Washington#523 · 1 in 3,949
- Ohio#734 · 1 in 8,637
- Michigan#831 · 1 in 9,544
- Florida#1,222 · 1 in 13,051
Best ever in a state: #263 in District of Columbia, 1978.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #441 | 5 | 1 in 2,869 |
| Washington | #523 | 7 | 1 in 3,949 |
| Ohio | #734 | 8 | 1 in 8,637 |
| Michigan | #831 | 6 | 1 in 9,544 |
| Florida | #1,222 | 5 | 1 in 13,051 |
| California | #1,595 | 10 | 1 in 20,225 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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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 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 19,335 of them was named Kellee, which outranked 88.6% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,410Logan90
- #1,410Michal90
- #1,410Taren90
- #1,424Kellee89
- #1,424Flor89
- #1,424Nathan89
- #1,424Nisha89
- #1,429Alayna88
- #1,429Aubrie88
- #1,429Austin88
Tied with 4 names at #1,424; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 369,642 of them was named Kellee, which outranked 14.0% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,063 names at #6,523; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.