Kelle
Last seen for girls in 2003 at #15,784 · Last seen for boys in 1992 at #8,435
Given to girls 98.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1962 · 100 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,302since 1950
Kelle over time
Rank among girls' names. Kelle has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | — | |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | — | |
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| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | — | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | — | |
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| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,877 | 27 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,773 | 28 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #3,936 | 26 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,230 | 23 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,784 | 26 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,306 | 29 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #2,852 | 34 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,135 | 29 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,860 | 32 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #2,266 | 43 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,927 | 53 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,369 | 41 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,119 | 48 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #2,043 | 51 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,623 | 69 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,746 | 59 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,538 | 70 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,968 | 45 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,060 | 42 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,820 | 48 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,690 | 53 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,786 | 48 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,314 | 82 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,238 | 90 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,129 | 96 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,099 | 94 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,172 | 82 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,142 | 86 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #1,145 | 86 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #1,211 | 83 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #1,119 | 95 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,081 | 100 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,155 | 91 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,199 | 82 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #1,165 | 83 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,630 | 43 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,681 | 41 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,622 | 19 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | — | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | — | |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kelle! It came in at #4,738, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1997, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Kelle
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2003
- Debuted 1950
- Peaked 1962 at #1,081 (100 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 17,451 girls born in 1968 were named Kelle (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 365,429 girls born in 2003 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,081 in 1962, was only 1 in 19,666 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 38.9% of all girls named Kelle (895) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 236 | #1,165 (1959) | #3,282 |
| 1960s | 895 | #1,081 (1962) | #1,145 |
| 1970s | 606 | #1,238 (1970) | #1,678 |
| 1980s | 386 | #1,927 (1983) | #2,666 |
| 1990s | 155 | #3,773 (1992) | #6,933 |
| 2000s | 24 | #9,163 (2000) | #11,731 |
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.
Kelle in 1964
Top girls' names in 1964
Top boys' names in 1964
More about 1964
girls
1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 22,830 of them was named Kelle, which outranked 84.5% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,204Loree84
- #1,204Mayra84
- #1,204Vida84
- #1,211Kelle83
- #1,211Addie83
- #1,211Amie83
- #1,211Bronwyn83
- #1,219Charlette82
- #1,219Dwana82
- #1,219Hayley82
Tied with 7 names at #1,211; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 332,116 of them was named Kelle, which outranked 21.6% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,282Yusuf7
- #3,282Zacarias7
- #3,282Zvi7
- #3,601Kelle6
- #3,601Able6
- #3,601Adriano6
- #3,601Alanzo6
- #4,039Abdullah5
- #4,039Abelino5
- #4,039Abie5
Tied with 437 names at #3,601; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
- ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
- ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
- ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
- ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.