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.
Where Kelle is popular in 1970
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Missouri#510 · 1 in 5,066
- Washington#520 · 1 in 4,103
- Indiana#689 · 1 in 8,614
- Ohio#773 · 1 in 11,145
- Florida#874 · 1 in 9,521
Best ever in a state: #352 in Kansas, 1965.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Missouri | #510 | 7 | 1 in 5,066 |
| Washington | #520 | 6 | 1 in 4,103 |
| Indiana | #689 | 5 | 1 in 8,614 |
| Ohio | #773 | 8 | 1 in 11,145 |
| Florida | #874 | 5 | 1 in 9,521 |
| Pennsylvania | #973 | 5 | 1 in 17,188 |
| Texas | #1,000 | 9 | 1 in 11,575 |
| California | #1,331 | 9 | 1 in 18,225 |
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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 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 1970
Top girls' names in 1970
More about 1970
girls
1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 19,424 of them was named Kelle, which outranked 86.8% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,224Ruthie91
- #1,224Sheena91
- #1,224Sherita91
- #1,238Kelle90
- #1,238Bethann90
- #1,238Catalina90
- #1,238Cherrie90
- #1,247Bonny89
- #1,247Chanel89
- #1,247Erinn89
Tied with 8 names at #1,238; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.