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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #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 1973

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #126 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 395 girlsAKMaine: #109 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 424 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kellie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kellie, so not publishedNHWashington: #153 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 648 girlsWAIdaho: #151 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 538 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kellie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kellie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #217 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,265 girlsMNIllinois: #260 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 1,494 girlsILWisconsin: #220 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,344 girlsWIMichigan: #173 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 892 girlsMINew York: #341 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 2,067 girlsNYMassachusetts: #157 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 857 girlsMARhode Island: #97 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 390 girlsRIOregon: #176 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 821 girlsORNevada: #105 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 358 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kellie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #128 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 468 girlsSDIowa: #196 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 959 girlsIAIndiana: #186 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 958 girlsINOhio: #181 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 937 girlsOHPennsylvania: #217 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 1,228 girlsPANew Jersey: #316 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,909 girlsNJConnecticut: #161 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 817 girlsCTCalifornia: #233 for girls · 108 births · 1 in 1,211 girlsCAUtah: #241 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,206 girlsUTColorado: #312 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,739 girlsCONebraska: #172 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 752 girlsNEMissouri: #210 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,041 girlsMOKentucky: #179 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 859 girlsKYWest Virginia: #227 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,138 girlsWVVirginia: #275 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,651 girlsVAMaryland: #153 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 697 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kellie, so not publishedDEArizona: #446 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,464 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kellie, so not publishedNMKansas: #222 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 997 girlsKSArkansas: #289 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,557 girlsARTennessee: #195 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 946 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #196 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 969 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #175 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 766 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kellie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #210 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 961 girlsOKLouisiana: #205 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 951 girlsLAMississippi: #391 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,344 girlsMSAlabama: #149 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 676 girlsALGeorgia: #190 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 874 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kellie, so not publishedHITexas: #301 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 1,599 girlsTXFlorida: #279 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,481 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Rhode Island#97 · 1 in 390
  2. Nevada#105 · 1 in 358
  3. Maine#109 · 1 in 424
  4. Alaska#126 · 1 in 395
  5. South Dakota#128 · 1 in 468

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#97121 in 390
Nevada#10571 in 358
Maine#109141 in 424
Alaska#12651 in 395
South Dakota#12881 in 468
Alabama#149341 in 676
Idaho#15191 in 538
Maryland#153271 in 697
Washington#153291 in 648
Massachusetts#157371 in 857
Connecticut#161181 in 817
Nebraska#172121 in 752
Michigan#173661 in 892
South Carolina#175241 in 766
Oregon#176151 in 821
Kentucky#179271 in 859
Ohio#181751 in 937
Indiana#186371 in 958
Georgia#190391 in 874
Tennessee#195291 in 946
Iowa#196171 in 959
North Carolina#196361 in 969
Louisiana#205271 in 951
Missouri#210281 in 1,041
Oklahoma#210161 in 961
Minnesota#217181 in 1,265
Pennsylvania#217551 in 1,228
Wisconsin#220201 in 1,344
Kansas#222121 in 997
West Virginia#227101 in 1,138
California#2331081 in 1,211
Utah#24191 in 1,206
Illinois#260471 in 1,494
Virginia#275171 in 1,651
Florida#279291 in 1,481
Arkansas#28981 in 1,557
Texas#301591 in 1,599
Colorado#31291 in 1,739
New Jersey#316201 in 1,909
New York#341501 in 2,067
Mississippi#39171 in 2,344
Arizona#44661 in 2,464
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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 1973

girls
#219
1,153 births · 1 in 1,265 girls
boys
#2,857
12 births · 1 in 129,881 boys

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #219Kellie1,153

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #2,857Kellie12
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 1,265 of them was named Kellie, which outranked 97.8% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kellie
  1. #216Darlene1,161
  2. #217Frances1,155
  3. #217Shirley1,155
  4. #219Kellie1,153
  5. #220Peggy1,139
  6. #221Helen1,137
  7. #222Marsha1,134
Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,091Cicely#4,793 → #702
  2. ↑ 2,295Aubrey#3,177 → #882
  3. ↑ 1,847Nyree#2,680 → #833
  4. ↑ 1,533Danyell#2,523 → #990
  5. ↑ 1,496Vonetta#2,311 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,814Camisha#815 → #2,629
  2. ↓ 470Andra#904 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 416Cherilyn#823 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 284Keena#848 → #1,132
  5. ↓ 281Nicolle#734 → #1,015

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

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 129,881 of them was named Kellie, which outranked 51.4% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kellie
  1. #2,716Wells13
  2. #2,716Yves13
  3. #2,716Zvi13
  4. #2,857Kellie12
  5. #2,857Aden12
  6. #2,857Allister12
  7. #2,857Alpha12
  8. #3,013Abdullah11
  9. #3,013Addam11
  10. #3,013Aharon11

Tied with 155 names at #2,857; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,348Vashon#3,152 → #804
  2. ↑ 1,405Jory#2,158 → #753
  3. ↑ 348Pernell#1,262 → #914
  4. ↑ 345Enoch#1,307 → #962
  5. ↑ 273Tarik#1,177 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
  2. ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
  3. ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
  4. ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123

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

See the top 100 for 1973 →