Kelby**
#1,621 most common boys' name of all time · #3,930 across all names · 72% male / 28% female · used 1948–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#1,621
Rank overall
#3,930 of 105,966
First appeared
1948
Years on the list
73 of 146
All-time
5,582
Since 2016
405
Peak year
1991 #746
Best rank
#746 1991
Girls
Boys
peak 277/yr
Kelby first appears in 1948. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | 18 | 32 | #5,247 |
| 2024 | 17 | 14 | 31 | #6,254 |
| 2023 | 9 | 20 | 29 | #4,931 |
| 2022 | 17 | 26 | 43 | #4,107 |
| 2021 | 11 | 24 | 35 | #4,275 |
| 2020 | 22 | 22 | 44 | #4,452 |
| 2019 | 20 | 19 | 39 | #4,999 |
| 2018 | 18 | 40 | 58 | #2,951 |
| 2017 | 13 | 29 | 42 | #3,699 |
| 2016 | 20 | 32 | 52 | #3,466 |
| 2015 | 23 | 42 | 65 | #2,823 |
| 2014 | 29 | 40 | 69 | #2,899 |
| 2013 | 24 | 47 | 71 | #2,570 |
| 2012 | 32 | 59 | 91 | #2,218 |
| 2011 | 33 | 50 | 83 | #2,487 |
| 2010 | 35 | 74 | 109 | #1,916 |
| 2009 | 29 | 53 | 82 | #2,415 |
| 2008 | 48 | 79 | 127 | #1,843 |
| 2007 | 47 | 76 | 123 | #1,877 |
| 2006 | 39 | 72 | 111 | #1,884 |
| 2005 | 41 | 79 | 120 | #1,696 |
| 2004 | 46 | 110 | 156 | #1,340 |
| 2003 | 52 | 109 | 161 | #1,295 |
| 2002 | 58 | 68 | 126 | #1,711 |
| 2001 | 59 | 108 | 167 | #1,235 |
| 2000 | 50 | 75 | 125 | #1,575 |
| 1999 | 59 | 118 | 177 | #1,122 |
| 1998 | 53 | 134 | 187 | #1,014 |
| 1997 | 65 | 110 | 175 | #1,136 |
| 1996 | 50 | 97 | 147 | #1,184 |
| 1995 | 58 | 138 | 196 | #948 |
| 1994 | 48 | 152 | 200 | #876 |
| 1993 | 70 | 151 | 221 | #861 |
| 1992 | 88 | 154 | 242 | #855 |
| 1991 | 90 | 187 | 277 | #746 |
| 1990 | 34 | 123 | 157 | #931 |
| 1989 | 20 | 117 | 137 | #943 |
| 1988 | 19 | 114 | 133 | #899 |
| 1987 | 22 | 88 | 110 | #1,013 |
| 1986 | 10 | 58 | 68 | #1,279 |
| 1985 | 10 | 52 | 62 | #1,349 |
| 1984 | 13 | 45 | 58 | #1,439 |
| 1983 | 7 | 43 | 50 | #1,462 |
| 1982 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,799 |
| 1981 | 9 | 39 | 48 | #1,568 |
| 1980 | 5 | 49 | 54 | #1,352 |
| 1979 | 6 | 44 | 50 | #1,415 |
| 1978 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,556 |
| 1977 | 7 | 48 | 55 | #1,303 |
| 1976 | 7 | 48 | 55 | #1,279 |
| 1975 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,275 |
| 1974 | 7 | 46 | 53 | #1,241 |
| 1973 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,092 |
| 1972 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,082 |
| 1971 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,196 |
| 1970 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,258 |
| 1969 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,760 |
| 1968 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,687 |
| 1967 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,230 |
| 1966 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,458 |
| 1964 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,525 |
| 1961 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,474 |
| 1960 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,605 |
| 1959 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,923 |
| 1958 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,012 |
| 1957 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,804 |
| 1954 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,770 |
| 1953 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1952 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 1951 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,349 |
| 1950 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,014 |
| 1949 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,162 |
| 1948 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,178 |