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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Kellye

Kellye was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1987, when it ranked 1059th with 145 babies. More babies were named Kellye in the 1960s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1987145 babies
Total since 1880
2,347babies recorded

Kellye popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000#16,3025
1990#2,54147
1980#2,50538
1970#1,34678
1960#1,47356
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Kellye, counting every spelling?

Kellye has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Kellye?

About 2,200 people born in the US named Kellye are alive today, with a median age of 52; half are between 40 and 61. That makes Kellye mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Kellye by state

How common Kellye was among girls born in each state in 1985–1989, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Tennessee (8.2×), Texas (1.7×). In 38 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesIL0.02Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesOH0.02Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesCA0.03Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesKY0.10West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesVA0.07Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesAR0.10Tennessee: 0.39 per 1,000 babiesTN0.39North Carolina: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNC0.03South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesLA0.10Mississippi: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesMS0.10Alabama: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesAL0.06Georgia: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesGA0.05Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesTX0.08Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Kellye, girls, 1985–1989. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Kellye: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kellye, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Kellye

How popular is the name Kellye?

Kellye was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1987, when it ranked 1059th with 145 babies. More babies were named Kellye in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Kellye a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 2,347 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Kellye most popular?

In 1985–1989, Kellye was most common in Tennessee (0.39 per 1,000 girls), followed by Mississippi and Arkansas.