Kellye
Kellye 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
- 1987145 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1955
- 2,347people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,347 girls have been named Kellye in the United States since 1955, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1987, with 145 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 145 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1973, and the 1960s alone account for 35%.
By decade
In 1987, its biggest year
Kellye was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1987 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Jennifer and Sarah. See all of 1987.
Names that rose and fell with Kellye
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Tinamariepeak 1968
- Kelleypeak 1968
- Delisapeak 1965
- Deidrepeak 1963
- Deirdrapeak 1961
- Chantaypeak 1961
- Feleciapeak 1963
- Tammarapeak 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.