Kellye
Last seen for girls in 2001 at #11,020
- Peak · girls
- 1987 · 145 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,347since 1955
Kellye over time
Rank among girls' names. Kellye 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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| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
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| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 |
| 1992 | #4,849 | 20 |
| 1991 | #2,935 | 39 |
| 1990 | #2,523 | 47 |
| 1989 | #2,222 | 54 |
| 1988 | #1,614 | 80 |
| 1987 | #1,058 | 145 |
| 1986 | #1,304 | 102 |
| 1985 | #2,398 | 41 |
| 1984 | #2,515 | 37 |
| 1983 | #1,817 | 58 |
| 1982 | #1,991 | 52 |
| 1981 | #2,488 | 38 |
| 1980 | #2,486 | 38 |
| 1979 | #2,050 | 49 |
| 1978 | #1,938 | 50 |
| 1977 | #1,451 | 76 |
| 1976 | #1,912 | 47 |
| 1975 | #1,935 | 46 |
| 1974 | #1,999 | 42 |
| 1973 | #2,064 | 39 |
| 1972 | #1,698 | 52 |
| 1971 | #1,528 | 65 |
| 1970 | #1,343 | 78 |
| 1969 | #1,303 | 75 |
| 1968 | #1,147 | 88 |
| 1967 | #1,269 | 72 |
| 1966 | #1,232 | 76 |
| 1965 | #1,238 | 76 |
| 1964 | #1,103 | 98 |
| 1963 | #1,104 | 97 |
| 1962 | #1,203 | 84 |
| 1961 | #1,176 | 88 |
| 1960 | #1,467 | 56 |
| 1959 | #1,348 | 63 |
| 1958 | #1,435 | 55 |
| 1957 | #2,121 | 27 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kellye! It came in at #4,740, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1999–2000, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Kellye
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2001
- Debuted 1955
- Peaked 1987 at #1,058 (145 births)
- Births halved by 1989, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 11,991 girls born in 1987 were named Kellye (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 225,078 girls born in 2001 (0.00%)
- 34.5% of all girls named Kellye (810) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 161 | #1,348 (1959) | #2,761 |
| 1960s | 810 | #1,103 (1964) | #1,224 |
| 1970s | 544 | #1,343 (1970) | #1,792 |
| 1980s | 645 | #1,058 (1987) | #1,989 |
| 1990s | 174 | #2,523 (1990) | #6,531 |
| 2000s | 13 | #11,020 (2001) | #13,026 |
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.
Kellye in 1977
Top girls' names in 1977
More about 1977
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1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 20,173 of them was named Kellye, which outranked 87.2% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,440Tiffiny77
- #1,440Tracee77
- #1,440Verna77
- #1,451Kellye76
- #1,451Denisha76
- #1,451Honey76
- #1,451Jose76
- #1,468Ariane75
- #1,468Bettina75
- #1,468Calandra75
Tied with 16 names at #1,451; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.