Kelby
Kelby was the 5313th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 18 babies. Its best year was 1991, when it ranked 746th with 187 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,480 places. More babies were named Kelby in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,313 boys, down 821 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 18boys
- Girls and boys
- 40% girls, 60% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1991187 babies
- Total since 1880
- 5,582babies recorded
Kelby popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,682 | #5,313 | 14 | 18 |
| 2020 | #5,568 | #4,492 | 22 | 22 |
| 2010 | #4,252 | #1,918 | 35 | 74 |
| 2000 | #2,880 | #1,577 | 50 | 75 |
| 1990 | #3,256 | #931 | 34 | 123 |
| 1980 | #11,158 | #1,350 | 5 | 49 |
| 1970 | — | #1,255 | — | 44 |
| 1960 | — | #3,497 | — | 7 |
| 1950 | — | #2,902 | — | 8 |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Kelby, counting every spelling?
Kelby has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Kelby?
18 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kelby (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kelby born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 465 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kelby.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kelby?
About 3,800 people born in the US named Kelby are alive today, with a median age of 31; half are between 22 and 38. That makes Kelby mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
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Questions about the name Kelby
How popular is the name Kelby?
Kelby was the 5313th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 18 babies. Its best year was 1991, when it ranked 746th with 187 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,480 places. More babies were named Kelby in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Kelby a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 40% girls, 60% boys given the name Kelby in the US.