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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201966peak #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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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 1966

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kellie, so not publishedAKMaine: #128 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 593 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kellie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #180 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 935 girlsNHWashington: #220 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,018 girlsWAIdaho: #164 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 622 girlsIDMontana: #212 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 906 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #173 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 771 girlsNDMinnesota: #217 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,335 girlsMNIllinois: #265 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 1,629 girlsILWisconsin: #251 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,975 girlsWIMichigan: #162 for girls · 90 births · 1 in 817 girlsMINew York: #362 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 2,701 girlsNYMassachusetts: #195 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 1,251 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kellie, so not publishedRIOregon: #204 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 947 girlsORNevada: #134 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 486 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kellie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kellie, so not publishedSDIowa: #212 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,171 girlsIAIndiana: #184 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 978 girlsINOhio: #196 for girls · 78 births · 1 in 1,092 girlsOHPennsylvania: #227 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 1,421 girlsPANew Jersey: #445 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,969 girlsNJConnecticut: #262 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,696 girlsCTCalifornia: #209 for girls · 146 births · 1 in 1,053 girlsCAUtah: #109 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 420 girlsUTColorado: #190 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 842 girlsCONebraska: #189 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 962 girlsNEMissouri: #210 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,115 girlsMOKentucky: #189 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 993 girlsKYWest Virginia: #255 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,576 girlsWVVirginia: #277 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,804 girlsVAMaryland: #226 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,243 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kellie, so not publishedDEArizona: #387 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,133 girlsAZNew Mexico: #346 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,739 girlsNMKansas: #257 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,301 girlsKSArkansas: #166 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 734 girlsARTennessee: #255 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,596 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #269 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,890 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #322 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,123 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #286 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,573 girlsDCOklahoma: #150 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 651 girlsOKLouisiana: #284 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,526 girlsLAMississippi: #307 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,773 girlsMSAlabama: #261 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,534 girlsALGeorgia: #263 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,612 girlsGAHawaii: #263 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 981 girlsHITexas: #263 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 1,371 girlsTXFlorida: #226 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 1,159 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#109 · 1 in 420
  2. Maine#128 · 1 in 593
  3. Nevada#134 · 1 in 486
  4. Oklahoma#150 · 1 in 651
  5. Michigan#162 · 1 in 817

Best ever in a state: #61 in Utah, 1980.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#109211 in 420
Maine#128131 in 593
Nevada#13461 in 486
Oklahoma#150241 in 651
Michigan#162901 in 817
Idaho#16471 in 622
Arkansas#166191 in 734
North Dakota#17361 in 771
New Hampshire#18051 in 935
Indiana#184431 in 978
Kentucky#189251 in 993
Nebraska#189111 in 962
Colorado#190181 in 842
Massachusetts#195361 in 1,251
Ohio#196781 in 1,092
Oregon#204141 in 947
California#2091461 in 1,053
Missouri#210311 in 1,115
Iowa#212181 in 1,171
Montana#21251 in 906
Minnesota#217221 in 1,335
Washington#220211 in 1,018
Florida#226371 in 1,159
Maryland#226221 in 1,243
Pennsylvania#227631 in 1,421
Wisconsin#251181 in 1,975
Tennessee#255191 in 1,596
West Virginia#25581 in 1,576
Kansas#257111 in 1,301
Alabama#261181 in 1,534
Connecticut#262131 in 1,696
Georgia#263241 in 1,612
Hawaii#26351 in 981
Texas#263671 in 1,371
Illinois#265541 in 1,629
North Carolina#269211 in 1,890
Virginia#277191 in 1,804
Louisiana#284211 in 1,526
District of Columbia#28671 in 1,573
Mississippi#307111 in 1,773
South Carolina#322101 in 2,123
New Mexico#34651 in 1,739
New York#362541 in 2,701
Arizona#38761 in 2,133
New Jersey#445131 in 3,969
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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 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 1966

girls
#243
1,197 births · 1 in 1,414 girls
boys
#3,537
6 births · 1 in 297,244 boys

Top girls' names in 1966

  1. #1Lisa56,918
  2. #2Kimberly32,232
  3. #3Mary28,890
  4. #4Michelle27,159
  5. #5Karen25,450
  6. #6Susan23,776
  7. #7Patricia20,112
  8. #8Tammy18,621
  9. #9Angela18,532
  10. #10Jennifer18,215
  11. #243Kellie1,197

Top boys' names in 1966

  1. #1Michael79,985
  2. #2David66,408
  3. #3James65,163
  4. #4John65,016
  5. #5Robert59,317
  6. #6William38,237
  7. #7Mark34,801
  8. #8Richard34,457
  9. #9Jeffrey30,200
  10. #10Thomas29,003
  11. #3,537Kellie6
More about 1966

girls

1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 1,414 of them was named Kellie, which outranked 96.8% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kellie
  1. #240Doreen1,212
  2. #241Lee1,211
  3. #242Tiffany1,208
  4. #243Kellie1,197
  5. #244Lauren1,186
  6. #244Roxanne1,186
  7. #246Lynne1,172
Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,121Tabatha#6,539 → #418
  2. ↑ 1,469Tabitha#1,993 → #524
  3. ↑ 1,325Joell#2,247 → #922
  4. ↑ 1,047Tatia#1,715 → #668
  5. ↑ 969Nichole#1,829 → #860
Fallers
  1. ↓ 398Barb#815 → #1,213
  2. ↓ 310Jewell#952 → #1,262
  3. ↓ 288Roxie#944 → #1,232
  4. ↓ 284Aretha#818 → #1,102
  5. ↓ 280Kecia#392 → #672

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

boys

1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 297,244 of them was named Kellie, which outranked 22.1% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kellie
  1. #3,249Williard7
  2. #3,249Yosef7
  3. #3,249Zollie7
  4. #3,537Kellie6
  5. #3,537Adriel6
  6. #3,537Adrienne6
  7. #3,537Adron6
  8. #3,948Aarron5
  9. #3,948Abdel5
  10. #3,948Abelino5

Tied with 410 names at #3,537; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,207Jarrod#1,720 → #513
  2. ↑ 893Heath#1,254 → #361
  3. ↑ 467Illya#1,294 → #827
  4. ↑ 419Jarrett#1,294 → #875
  5. ↑ 399Reynold#1,360 → #961
Fallers
  1. ↓ 464Quint#986 → #1,450
  2. ↓ 303Dario#934 → #1,237
  3. ↓ 299Darran#1,000 → #1,299
  4. ↓ 281Artie#897 → #1,178
  5. ↓ 268Daryn#716 → #984

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

See the top 100 for 1966 →