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
- Peak · girls
- 1969 · 2,641 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 50,754since 1913
Kellie over time
Rank among girls' names. Kellie has never cracked the top 100 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,116 | 19 | — | |
| 2024 | #6,932 | 16 | — | |
| 2023 | #6,409 | 18 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,984 | 20 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,833 | 27 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,548 | 29 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,909 | 27 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,853 | 38 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,220 | 34 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,280 | 49 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,478 | 45 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,648 | 66 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,936 | 57 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,568 | 70 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,695 | 65 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,202 | 88 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,005 | 103 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,685 | 132 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,598 | 140 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,335 | 174 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,355 | 160 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,050 | 220 | — | |
| 2003 | #925 | 254 | — | |
| 2002 | #777 | 303 | — | |
| 2001 | #800 | 294 | — | |
| 2000 | #647 | 386 | — | |
| 1999 | #531 | 477 | — | |
| 1998 | #540 | 465 | — | |
| 1997 | #434 | 586 | — | |
| 1996 | #387 | 686 | — | |
| 1995 | #335 | 788 | — | |
| 1994 | #326 | 828 | — | |
| 1993 | #286 | 959 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #262 | 1,069 | — | |
| 1991 | #244 | 1,143 | — | |
| 1990 | #264 | 1,087 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #258 | 1,044 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #236 | 1,122 | — | |
| 1987 | #233 | 1,153 | — | |
| 1986 | #241 | 1,077 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #241 | 1,072 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | #226 | 1,138 | — | |
| 1983 | #231 | 1,072 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #218 | 1,194 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #222 | 1,177 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #206 | 1,260 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #200 | 1,326 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #180 | 1,445 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #181 | 1,502 | #3,386 | 11 |
| 1976 | #209 | 1,174 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #210 | 1,171 | — | |
| 1974 | #233 | 1,089 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #219 | 1,153 | #2,857 | 12 |
| 1972 | #223 | 1,254 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #211 | 1,425 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #158 | 2,130 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | #130 | 2,641 | #1,977 | 18 |
| 1968 | #179 | 1,805 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #244 | 1,161 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #243 | 1,197 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #251 | 1,166 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #238 | 1,342 | — | |
| 1963 | #264 | 1,120 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #282 | 1,025 | #2,279 | 13 |
| 1961 | #312 | 880 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #335 | 785 | — | |
| 1959 | #389 | 596 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #439 | 467 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #699 | 204 | — | |
| 1956 | #903 | 123 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #1,150 | 75 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,206 | 69 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,389 | 49 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,611 | 36 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,064 | 23 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,620 | 15 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | — | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
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| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | — | |
| 1936 | — | #3,549 | 5 | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
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| 1930 | — | #3,592 | 6 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | — | #3,385 | 7 | |
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #2,822 | 10 |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | #3,532 | 7 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,517 | 7 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,489 | 7 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,115 | 8 | |
| 1918 | — | #4,179 | 5 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,732 | 9 | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
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| 1914 | — | #1,975 | 11 | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | — | |
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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 1956
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Idaho#242 · 1 in 1,254
- Washington#344 · 1 in 2,864
- Michigan#612 · 1 in 10,443
- California#641 · 1 in 8,233
- Pennsylvania#802 · 1 in 19,297
Best ever in a state: #61 in Utah, 1980.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #242 | 5 | 1 in 1,254 |
| Washington | #344 | 10 | 1 in 2,864 |
| Michigan | #612 | 9 | 1 in 10,443 |
| California | #641 | 19 | 1 in 8,233 |
| Pennsylvania | #802 | 6 | 1 in 19,297 |
| Texas | #1,042 | 7 | 1 in 16,404 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
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| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Kellie
- 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)
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1969 at #130 (2,641 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1956–2003
- Highest: 1 in 639 girls born in 1969 were named Kellie (0.16%)
- Latest: 1 in 84,593 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 26.9% of all girls named Kellie (13,669) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #3,187 (1913) | #3,187 |
| 1920s | 10 | #4,805 (1927) | #4,933 |
| 1930s | 5 | #4,255 (1937) | #4,255 |
| 1940s | 60 | #2,620 (1949) | #3,343 |
| 1950s | 1,652 | #389 (1959) | #1,327 |
| 1960s | 13,122 | #130 (1969) | #248 |
| 1970s | 13,669 | #158 (1970) | #202 |
| 1980s | 11,309 | #206 (1980) | #231 |
| 1990s | 8,088 | #244 (1991) | #361 |
| 2000s | 2,166 | #647 (2000) | #1,218 |
| 2010s | 539 | #2,202 (2010) | #3,279 |
| 2020s | 129 | #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 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
Top boys' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 16,323 of them was named Kellie, which outranked 86.9% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #897Lauretta124
- #897Sharen124
- #897Vernell124
- #903Kellie123
- #903Angel123
- #903Dollie123
- #903Josefina123
- #908Amber122
- #908Annetta122
- #908Ginny122
Tied with 4 names at #903; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 423,060 of them was named Kellie, which outranked 11.5% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 513 names at #3,942; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.