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Kelley: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 15 in 2025. Its best rank was #168 in 1968.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #168 in 1968; #7,322 in 2025. About 63% of babies named Kelley in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#7,322 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1968, at #168.
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Kelley: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 15 girls in 2025. Peak: #168 in 1968 · most girls in one year: 1,918 (1968).
In 2025, 15 US girls were named Kelley, making it the 7,322nd most common girls’ name of the year, down 518 places from #6,804 in 2024. That is 2 fewer than the 17 girls named Kelley in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #168, reached in 1968. That year also had the most girls given the name: 1,918. For comparison, it was #4,921 in 2015 and #2,024 in 1950.
In 2025, 9 US boys were named Kelley, making it the 8,601st most common boys’ name of the year, up 844 places from #9,445 in 2024. That is 1 more than the 8 boys named Kelley in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #589, reached in 1968. That year also had the most boys given the name: 168. For comparison, it was #5,881 in 2015 and #1,045 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Kelley in 135 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1882 with 5 babies. In all, 52,385 US babies have been given the name, 88% of them girls and 12% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 16,117 babies named Kelley.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 212 US girls were named Kelley; the busiest of those years was 2020, with 29. In 2025 that was about 1 in 107,151 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Kelly (556,365 babies since 1880), Kellie (51,108 babies since 1880), Kellee (3,730 babies since 1880) and Kelli (75,192 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Keilee, Keelee and Kealee are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Kelli, Kellie and Kelly.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Keilee (516), Keelee (463), Kealee (55), Kialey (45), Keylea (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,322 | 9 | #8,601 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,804 | 8 | #9,445 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,796 | 14 | #6,359 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,855 | 12 | #7,038 |
| 2021 | 20 | #6,068 | 19 | #5,027 |
| 2020 | 29 | #4,607 | 15 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,374 | 19 | #5,058 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,713 | 20 | #4,845 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,748 | 16 | #5,668 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,891 | 18 | #5,231 |
| 2015 | 28 | #4,921 | 15 | #5,881 |
| 2014 | 39 | #3,882 | 9 | #8,482 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,073 | 18 | #5,079 |
| 2012 | 46 | #3,499 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,963 | 22 | #4,439 |
| 2010 | 54 | #3,097 | 17 | #5,371 |
| 2009 | 54 | #3,148 | 16 | #5,703 |
| 2008 | 63 | #2,842 | 21 | #4,632 |
| 2007 | 65 | #2,805 | 20 | #4,726 |
| 2006 | 89 | #2,174 | 22 | #4,304 |
| 2005 | 73 | #2,419 | 16 | #5,165 |
| 2004 | 106 | #1,803 | 19 | #4,513 |
| 2003 | 129 | #1,514 | 24 | #3,682 |
| 2002 | 171 | #1,194 | 20 | #4,127 |
| 2001 | 155 | #1,272 | 32 | #2,900 |
| 2000 | 206 | #1,024 | 31 | #2,893 |
| 1999 | 235 | #902 | 35 | #2,530 |
| 1998 | 275 | #782 | 24 | #3,244 |
| 1997 | 296 | #723 | 27 | #2,866 |
| 1996 | 351 | #639 | 32 | #2,461 |
| 1995 | 420 | #556 | 37 | #2,195 |
| 1994 | 498 | #498 | 48 | #1,811 |
| 1993 | 570 | #439 | 34 | #2,273 |
| 1992 | 703 | #364 | 64 | #1,445 |
| 1991 | 700 | #368 | 57 | #1,539 |
| 1990 | 887 | #308 | 59 | #1,480 |
| 1989 | 957 | #281 | 93 | #1,099 |
| 1988 | 1,126 | #234 | 62 | #1,314 |
| 1987 | 1,196 | #226 | 64 | #1,210 |
| 1986 | 1,001 | #258 | 73 | #1,095 |
| 1985 | 761 | #315 | 75 | #1,072 |
| 1984 | 796 | #298 | 67 | #1,103 |
| 1983 | 908 | #265 | 63 | #1,138 |
| 1982 | 1,007 | #251 | 90 | #947 |
| 1981 | 952 | #261 | 97 | #910 |
| 1980 | 1,084 | #236 | 111 | #839 |
| 1979 | 1,201 | #217 | 80 | #997 |
| 1978 | 1,363 | #189 | 85 | #942 |
| 1977 | 1,502 | #181 | 87 | #911 |
| 1976 | 1,100 | #220 | 118 | #765 |
| 1975 | 1,169 | #211 | 101 | #828 |
| 1974 | 1,208 | #207 | 116 | #753 |
| 1973 | 1,201 | #212 | 97 | #803 |
| 1972 | 1,217 | #227 | 102 | #794 |
| 1971 | 1,287 | #234 | 141 | #699 |
| 1970 | 1,497 | #212 | 132 | #716 |
| 1969 | 1,686 | #190 | 148 | #650 |
| 1968 | 1,918 | #168 | 168 | #589 |
| 1967 | 1,583 | #202 | 132 | #650 |
| 1966 | 1,516 | #208 | 135 | #638 |
| 1965 | 1,461 | #222 | 110 | #714 |
| 1964 | 1,537 | #221 | 123 | #696 |
| 1963 | 1,481 | #224 | 116 | #728 |
| 1962 | 1,311 | #243 | 137 | #666 |
| 1961 | 1,250 | #249 | 146 | #650 |
| 1960 | 1,004 | #289 | 155 | #627 |
| 1959 | 817 | #331 | 144 | #642 |
| 1958 | 650 | #362 | 150 | #628 |
| 1957 | 291 | #563 | 107 | #726 |
| 1956 | 159 | #783 | 108 | #709 |
| 1955 | 90 | #1,066 | 74 | #859 |
| 1954 | 73 | #1,172 | 65 | #925 |
| 1953 | 46 | #1,450 | 78 | #816 |
| 1952 | 52 | #1,345 | 65 | #875 |
| 1951 | 36 | #1,589 | 54 | #956 |
| 1950 | 23 | #2,024 | 46 | #1,045 |
| 1949 | 12 | #3,085 | 36 | #1,193 |
| 1948 | 12 | #3,057 | 31 | #1,309 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,870 | 46 | #1,076 |
| 1946 | 5 | #5,326 | 44 | #1,039 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,534 | 36 | #1,095 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,296 | 32 | #1,181 |
| 1943 | 7 | #4,002 | 31 | #1,251 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,930 | 40 | #1,079 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,731 | 33 | #1,163 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,709 | 30 | #1,239 |
| 1939 | — | — | 24 | #1,377 |
| 1938 | — | — | 22 | #1,459 |
| 1937 | — | — | 23 | #1,427 |
| 1936 | — | — | 18 | #1,615 |
| 1935 | — | — | 37 | #1,068 |
| 1934 | — | — | 17 | #1,756 |
| 1933 | — | — | 20 | #1,568 |
| 1932 | — | — | 21 | #1,563 |
| 1931 | — | — | 26 | #1,377 |
| 1930 | — | — | 25 | #1,481 |
| 1929 | — | — | 28 | #1,357 |
| 1928 | — | — | 28 | #1,403 |
| 1927 | — | — | 32 | #1,312 |
| 1926 | — | — | 31 | #1,314 |
| 1925 | — | — | 30 | #1,349 |
| 1924 | — | — | 24 | #1,601 |
| 1923 | — | — | 29 | #1,371 |
| 1922 | — | — | 28 | #1,420 |
| 1921 | — | — | 33 | #1,285 |
| 1920 | 5 | #5,359 | 46 | #1,026 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,526 | 34 | #1,220 |
| 1918 | — | — | 31 | #1,274 |
| 1917 | — | — | 32 | #1,211 |
| 1916 | — | — | 30 | #1,228 |
| 1915 | — | — | 33 | #1,137 |
| 1914 | — | — | 17 | #1,527 |
| 1913 | — | — | 22 | #1,093 |
| 1912 | — | — | 18 | #1,121 |
| 1911 | — | — | 16 | #848 |
| 1910 | — | — | 11 | #1,012 |
| 1909 | — | — | 7 | #1,217 |
| 1908 | — | — | 11 | #857 |
| 1907 | — | — | 9 | #964 |
| 1906 | — | — | 5 | #1,338 |
| 1905 | — | — | 8 | #966 |
| 1904 | — | — | 5 | #1,307 |
| 1902 | — | — | 11 | #713 |
| 1901 | — | — | 8 | #814 |
| 1900 | — | — | 17 | #609 |
| 1898 | — | — | 6 | #1,067 |
| 1897 | — | — | 9 | #760 |
| 1894 | — | — | 6 | #1,022 |
| 1893 | — | — | 6 | #973 |
| 1890 | — | — | 5 | #1,083 |
| 1888 | — | — | 6 | #991 |
| 1887 | — | — | 6 | #876 |
| 1886 | — | — | 6 | #907 |
| 1884 | — | — | 6 | #919 |
| 1882 | — | — | 5 | #1,020 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).