Kelle
Kelle is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1962100 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1950
- 2,302people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,302 girls have been named Kelle in the United States since 1950, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1962, with 100 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 100 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1970, and the 1960s alone account for 39%.
By decade
In 1962, its biggest year
Kelle was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1962 were Lisa, Mary, Susan, Karen and Linda. See all of 1962.
Names that rose and fell with Kelle
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Denitapeak 1966
- Tammarapeak 1963
- Bethannpeak 1967
- Dedrapeak 1963
- Ginapeak 1967
- Bethannepeak 1964
- Heidepeak 1968
- Feleciapeak 1963
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.