Kelley
#7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to girls 88.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1968 · 1,918 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 46,099since 1919
Kelley 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 | #7,133 | 15 | #8,243 | 9 |
| 2024 | #6,642 | 17 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #6,680 | 17 | #6,220 | 14 |
| 2022 | #6,707 | 17 | #6,828 | 12 |
| 2021 | #5,955 | 20 | #4,936 | 19 |
| 2020 | #4,548 | 29 | #5,699 | 15 |
| 2019 | #5,306 | 24 | #4,951 | 19 |
| 2018 | #4,662 | 29 | #4,739 | 20 |
| 2017 | #5,661 | 22 | #5,526 | 16 |
| 2016 | #5,796 | 22 | #5,124 | 18 |
| 2015 | #4,853 | 28 | #5,746 | 15 |
| 2014 | #3,848 | 39 | #8,130 | 9 |
| 2013 | #5,013 | 27 | #4,981 | 18 |
| 2012 | #3,464 | 46 | #5,720 | 15 |
| 2011 | #3,916 | 38 | #4,356 | 22 |
| 2010 | #3,075 | 54 | #5,251 | 17 |
| 2009 | #3,126 | 54 | #5,554 | 16 |
| 2008 | #2,831 | 63 | #4,540 | 21 |
| 2007 | #2,787 | 65 | #4,640 | 20 |
| 2006 | #2,165 | 89 | #4,223 | 22 |
| 2005 | #2,407 | 73 | #5,034 | 16 |
| 2004 | #1,795 | 106 | #4,421 | 19 |
| 2003 | #1,509 | 129 | #3,626 | 24 |
| 2002 | #1,193 | 171 | #4,044 | 20 |
| 2001 | #1,266 | 155 | #2,864 | 32 |
| 2000 | #1,021 | 206 | #2,864 | 31 |
| 1999 | #902 | 235 | #2,510 | 35 |
| 1998 | #782 | 275 | #3,191 | 24 |
| 1997 | #723 | 296 | #2,823 | 27 |
| 1996 | #639 | 351 | #2,441 | 32 |
| 1995 | #555 | 420 | #2,178 | 37 |
| 1994 | #498 | 498 | #1,795 | 48 |
| 1993 | #439 | 570 | #2,257 | 34 |
| 1992 | #364 | 703 | #1,429 | 64 |
| 1991 | #368 | 700 | #1,528 | 57 |
| 1990 | #308 | 887 | #1,464 | 59 |
| 1989 | #281 | 957 | #1,094 | 93 |
| 1988 | #234 | 1,126 | #1,307 | 62 |
| 1987 | #226 | 1,196 | #1,202 | 64 |
| 1986 | #258 | 1,001 | #1,094 | 73 |
| 1985 | #315 | 761 | #1,066 | 75 |
| 1984 | #298 | 796 | #1,096 | 67 |
| 1983 | #265 | 908 | #1,130 | 63 |
| 1982 | #250 | 1,007 | #943 | 90 |
| 1981 | #261 | 952 | #906 | 97 |
| 1980 | #236 | 1,084 | #836 | 111 |
| 1979 | #217 | 1,201 | #991 | 80 |
| 1978 | #189 | 1,363 | #938 | 85 |
| 1977 | #181 | 1,502 | #909 | 87 |
| 1976 | #220 | 1,100 | #763 | 118 |
| 1975 | #211 | 1,169 | #827 | 101 |
| 1974 | #207 | 1,208 | #753 | 116 |
| 1973 | #212 | 1,201 | #801 | 97 |
| 1972 | #227 | 1,217 | #792 | 102 |
| 1971 | #233 | 1,287 | #699 | 141 |
| 1970 | #212 | 1,497 | #714 | 132 |
| 1969 | #189 | 1,686 | #648 | 148 |
| 1968 | #168 | 1,918 | #588 | 168 |
| 1967 | #202 | 1,583 | #650 | 132 |
| 1966 | #208 | 1,516 | #635 | 135 |
| 1965 | #221 | 1,461 | #712 | 110 |
| 1964 | #221 | 1,537 | #695 | 123 |
| 1963 | #224 | 1,481 | #726 | 116 |
| 1962 | #243 | 1,311 | #664 | 137 |
| 1961 | #249 | 1,250 | #649 | 146 |
| 1960 | #289 | 1,004 | #625 | 155 |
| 1959 | #331 | 817 | #642 | 144 |
| 1958 | #362 | 650 | #628 | 150 |
| 1957 | #563 | 291 | #722 | 107 |
| 1956 | #782 | 159 | #708 | 108 |
| 1955 | #1,062 | 90 | #855 | 74 |
| 1954 | #1,164 | 73 | #918 | 65 |
| 1953 | #1,439 | 46 | #813 | 78 |
| 1952 | #1,333 | 52 | #870 | 65 |
| 1951 | #1,583 | 36 | #949 | 54 |
| 1950 | #2,002 | 23 | #1,037 | 46 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 | #1,185 | 36 |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 | #1,296 | 31 |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | #1,064 | 46 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #1,031 | 44 |
| 1945 | #2,458 | 13 | #1,078 | 36 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #1,173 | 32 |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | #1,240 | 31 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | #1,074 | 40 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #1,152 | 33 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #1,227 | 30 |
| 1939 | — | #1,359 | 24 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,439 | 22 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,403 | 23 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,587 | 18 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,057 | 37 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,725 | 17 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,540 | 20 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,548 | 21 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,361 | 26 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,463 | 25 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,339 | 28 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,382 | 28 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,293 | 32 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,296 | 31 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,332 | 30 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,577 | 24 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,358 | 29 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,396 | 28 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,267 | 33 | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #1,020 | 46 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #1,207 | 34 |
| 1918 | — | #1,256 | 31 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,203 | 32 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,206 | 30 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,124 | 33 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,492 | 17 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,075 | 22 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,095 | 18 | |
| 1911 | — | #824 | 16 | |
| 1910 | — | #981 | 11 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,155 | 7 | |
| 1908 | — | #825 | 11 | |
| 1907 | — | #930 | 9 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
| 1905 | — | #919 | 8 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #687 | 11 | |
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | — | #603 | 17 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | — | #725 | 9 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #954 | 6 | |
| 1893 | — | #907 | 6 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Kelley! It came in at #4,251, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1920–1941, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kelley is popular in 1919
No state had 5 or more girls named Kelley in 1919, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kelley
- 491 spots since 2024 (#6,642 → #7,133)
- 2,585 spots since 2020 (#4,548 → #7,133)
- 2,280 spots since 2015 (#4,853 → #7,133)
- Biggest jump: 280 spots in 1956 (#1,062 → #782)
- Biggest drop: 120 spots in 1999 (#782 → #902)
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 1968 at #168 (1,918 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 44 yrs · run 1956–1999
- Highest: 1 in 855 girls born in 1968 were named Kelley (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 107,151 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 32.0% of all girls named Kelley (14,747) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1953, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #4,251 (1919) | #4,251 |
| 1920s | 5 | #4,975 (1920) | #4,975 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 81 | #2,458 (1945) | #3,746 |
| 1950s | 2,237 | #331 (1959) | #1,062 |
| 1960s | 14,747 | #168 (1968) | #221 |
| 1970s | 12,745 | #181 (1977) | #211 |
| 1980s | 9,788 | #226 (1987) | #262 |
| 1990s | 4,935 | #308 (1990) | #558 |
| 2000s | 1,111 | #1,021 (2000) | #2,010 |
| 2010s | 329 | #3,075 (2010) | #4,559 |
| 2020s | 115 | #4,548 (2020) | #6,278 |
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.
Kelley in 1919
Top girls' names in 1919
Top boys' names in 1919
More about 1919
girls
1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 188,353 of them was named Kelley, which outranked 23.5% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,817Zofia7
- #3,817Zoila7
- #3,817Zuma7
- #4,251Kelley6
- #4,251Adalee6
- #4,251Addis6
- #4,251Adelheid6
- #4,814Abie5
- #4,814Adamae5
- #4,814Adie5
Tied with 562 names at #4,251; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 28,827 of them was named Kelley, which outranked 74.9% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,188Ole35
- #1,188Osborne35
- #1,188Rayfield35
- #1,207Kelley34
- #1,207Bernardo34
- #1,207Caleb34
- #1,207Chesley34
- #1,230Adelard33
- #1,230Alvah33
- #1,230Annie33
Tied with 22 names at #1,207; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.