Kellye

Girl · recorded 1955–2001

  • 2001last recorded
  • 1987best year

Most popular in 1987.

Last recorded in 2001. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Kellye.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1955

0428319551967197819902001

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 46 recorded years as a table
Kellye, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19554
19564
195713
195827
195931
196028
196144
196243
196350
196452
196543
196645
196744
196854
196944
197045
197139
197234
197327
197429
197532
197632
197750
197833
197931
198023
198123
198231
198335
198422
198524
198659
198783
198845
198929
199025
199121
199211
19936
199410
19959
19966
19975
19983
20003
20014

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Kellye isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2001
8
Rank in 2001
#11,020
How rare
1 in 225,078 girls
Since 1955
2,347

Kellye was last recorded in 2001. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1987, at 83 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Kellye doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.