Kellie

#6,116 for girls in 2025, 19 births · Last seen for boys in 1993 at #7,638
Given to girls 99.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
1969 · 2,641 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
50,754
since 1913

Kellie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kellie has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201913peak #130, 1969girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,11619—
2024#6,93216—
2023#6,40918—
2022#5,98420—
2021#4,83327—
2020#4,54829—
2019#4,90927—
2018#3,85338—
2017#4,22034—
2016#3,28049—
2015#3,47845—
2014#2,64866—
2013#2,93657—
2012#2,56870—
2011#2,69565—
2010#2,20288—
2009#2,005103—
2008#1,685132—
2007#1,598140—
2006#1,335174—
2005#1,355160—
2004#1,050220—
2003#925254—
2002#777303—
2001#800294—
2000#647386—
1999#531477—
1998#540465—
1997#434586—
1996#387686—
1995#335788—
1994#326828—
1993#286959#7,6386
1992#2621,069—
1991#2441,143—
1990#2641,087#5,8238
1989#2581,044#5,6158
1988#2361,122—
1987#2331,153—
1986#2411,077#6,7215
1985#2411,072#3,59912
1984#2261,138—
1983#2311,072#3,88410
1982#2181,194#3,96610
1981#2221,177#6,2625
1980#2061,260#4,4958
1979#2001,326#4,4038
1978#1801,445#4,1578
1977#1811,502#3,38611
1976#2091,174#3,7249
1975#2101,171—
1974#2331,089#4,1907
1973#2191,153#2,85712
1972#2231,254#3,15210
1971#2111,425#3,3709
1970#1582,130#3,2829
1969#1302,641#1,97718
1968#1791,805#2,57611
1967#2441,161#2,9858
1966#2431,197#3,5376
1965#2511,166#2,7809
1964#2381,342—
1963#2641,120#2,8589
1962#2821,025#2,27913
1961#312880#3,6526
1960#335785—
1959#389596#3,6196
1958#439467#3,9445
1957#699204—
1956#903123#3,9425
1955#1,15075—
1954#1,20669—
1953#1,38949—
1952#1,61136—
1951#2,06423—
1950#3,42310—
1949#2,62015#3,6905
1948#4,6516—
1947#3,44810—
1946#3,21710—
1945#2,74211—
1944#3,3788—
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1937#4,2555—
1936—#3,5495
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1929—#3,5596
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1927#4,8055#2,70310
1926—#3,3857
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1924#5,0615#2,82210
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1922—#3,5327
1921—#3,5177
1920—#3,4897
1919—#3,1158
1918—#4,1795
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five girls were named Kellie! It came in at #3,187, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1913–1943, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Kellie is popular in 1913

No state had 5 or more girls named Kellie in 1913, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Kellie
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 816 spots since 2024 (#6,932 → #6,116)
  • 1,568 spots since 2020 (#4,548 → #6,116)
  • 2,638 spots since 2015 (#3,478 → #6,116)
  • Biggest jump: 260 spots in 1958 (#699 → #439)
  • Biggest drop: 153 spots in 2001 (#647 → #800)
Rise & fade · girls
56 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 1969 at #130 (2,641 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 48 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1956–2003
Share of babies · girls
1 in 639
  • Highest: 1 in 639 girls born in 1969 were named Kellie (0.16%)
  • Latest: 1 in 84,593 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 26.9% of all girls named Kellie (13,669) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#3,187 (1913)#3,187
1920s10#4,805 (1927)#4,933
1930s5#4,255 (1937)#4,255
1940s60#2,620 (1949)#3,343
1950s1,652#389 (1959)#1,327
1960s13,122#130 (1969)#248
1970s13,669#158 (1970)#202
1980s11,309#206 (1980)#231
1990s8,088#244 (1991)#361
2000s2,166#647 (2000)#1,218
2010s539#2,202 (2010)#3,279
2020s129#4,548 (2020)#5,804

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.

Kellie in 1913

girls
#3,187
5 births · 1 in 124,909 girls

Top girls' names in 1913

  1. #1Mary36,642
  2. #2Helen18,888
  3. #3Dorothy14,674
  4. #4Margaret14,486
  5. #5Ruth12,609
  6. #6Mildred9,921
  7. #7Anna9,687
  8. #8Elizabeth9,505
  9. #9Frances7,694
  10. #10Marie7,353
  11. #3,187Kellie5
More about 1913

girls

624,546 girls got a published name in 1913; 1 in 124,909 of them was named Kellie, which outranked 14.0% of the 3,707 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kellie
  1. #2,827Zoma6
  2. #2,827Zuma6
  3. #2,827Zylpha6
  4. #3,187Kellie5
  5. #3,187Adalyn5
  6. #3,187Adam5
  7. #3,187Adlee5

Tied with 520 names at #3,187; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1912
Risers
  1. ↑ 963Dominga#1,844 → #881
  2. ↑ 931Stacia#1,844 → #913
  3. ↑ 576Olympia#1,477 → #901
  4. ↑ 559Lilah#1,540 → #981
  5. ↑ 445Elfrieda#1,297 → #852
Fallers
  1. ↓ 806Karen#960 → #1,766
  2. ↓ 572Erie#833 → #1,405
  3. ↓ 559Gertha#846 → #1,405
  4. ↓ 527Lossie#938 → #1,465
  5. ↓ 505Ardelia#960 → #1,465

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1913 →