Kelley*
#576 most common girls' name of all time · #1,071 across all names · 12% male / 88% female · used 1882–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#576
Rank overall
#1,071 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
135 of 146
All-time
52,385
Since 2016
362
Peak year
1968 #168
Best rank
#168 1968
Girls
Boys
peak 2,086/yr
Kelley first appears in 1882. 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 | 15 | 9 | 24 | #7,149 |
| 2024 | 17 | 8 | 25 | #6,655 |
| 2023 | 17 | 14 | 31 | #6,690 |
| 2022 | 17 | 12 | 29 | #6,712 |
| 2021 | 20 | 19 | 39 | #5,969 |
| 2020 | 29 | 15 | 44 | #4,554 |
| 2019 | 24 | 19 | 43 | #5,312 |
| 2018 | 29 | 20 | 49 | #4,673 |
| 2017 | 22 | 16 | 38 | #5,670 |
| 2016 | 22 | 18 | 40 | #5,803 |
| 2015 | 28 | 15 | 43 | #4,863 |
| 2014 | 39 | 9 | 48 | #3,849 |
| 2013 | 27 | 18 | 45 | #5,020 |
| 2012 | 46 | 15 | 61 | #3,470 |
| 2011 | 38 | 22 | 60 | #3,924 |
| 2010 | 54 | 17 | 71 | #3,080 |
| 2009 | 54 | 16 | 70 | #3,130 |
| 2008 | 63 | 21 | 84 | #2,833 |
| 2007 | 65 | 20 | 85 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 89 | 22 | 111 | #2,167 |
| 2005 | 73 | 16 | 89 | #2,409 |
| 2004 | 106 | 19 | 125 | #1,796 |
| 2003 | 129 | 24 | 153 | #1,510 |
| 2002 | 171 | 20 | 191 | #1,193 |
| 2001 | 155 | 32 | 187 | #1,268 |
| 2000 | 206 | 31 | 237 | #1,024 |
| 1999 | 235 | 35 | 270 | #902 |
| 1998 | 275 | 24 | 299 | #782 |
| 1997 | 296 | 27 | 323 | #723 |
| 1996 | 351 | 32 | 383 | #639 |
| 1995 | 420 | 37 | 457 | #555 |
| 1994 | 498 | 48 | 546 | #498 |
| 1993 | 570 | 34 | 604 | #439 |
| 1992 | 703 | 64 | 767 | #364 |
| 1991 | 700 | 57 | 757 | #368 |
| 1990 | 887 | 59 | 946 | #308 |
| 1989 | 957 | 93 | 1,050 | #281 |
| 1988 | 1,126 | 62 | 1,188 | #234 |
| 1987 | 1,196 | 64 | 1,260 | #226 |
| 1986 | 1,001 | 73 | 1,074 | #258 |
| 1985 | 761 | 75 | 836 | #315 |
| 1984 | 796 | 67 | 863 | #298 |
| 1983 | 908 | 63 | 971 | #265 |
| 1982 | 1,007 | 90 | 1,097 | #251 |
| 1981 | 952 | 97 | 1,049 | #261 |
| 1980 | 1,084 | 111 | 1,195 | #236 |
| 1979 | 1,201 | 80 | 1,281 | #217 |
| 1978 | 1,363 | 85 | 1,448 | #189 |
| 1977 | 1,502 | 87 | 1,589 | #181 |
| 1976 | 1,100 | 118 | 1,218 | #220 |
| 1975 | 1,169 | 101 | 1,270 | #211 |
| 1974 | 1,208 | 116 | 1,324 | #207 |
| 1973 | 1,201 | 97 | 1,298 | #212 |
| 1972 | 1,217 | 102 | 1,319 | #227 |
| 1971 | 1,287 | 141 | 1,428 | #234 |
| 1970 | 1,497 | 132 | 1,629 | #212 |
| 1969 | 1,686 | 148 | 1,834 | #190 |
| 1968 | 1,918 | 168 | 2,086 | #168 |
| 1967 | 1,583 | 132 | 1,715 | #202 |
| 1966 | 1,516 | 135 | 1,651 | #208 |
| 1965 | 1,461 | 110 | 1,571 | #221 |
| 1964 | 1,537 | 123 | 1,660 | #221 |
| 1963 | 1,481 | 116 | 1,597 | #224 |
| 1962 | 1,311 | 137 | 1,448 | #243 |
| 1961 | 1,250 | 146 | 1,396 | #249 |
| 1960 | 1,004 | 155 | 1,159 | #289 |
| 1959 | 817 | 144 | 961 | #331 |
| 1958 | 650 | 150 | 800 | #362 |
| 1957 | 291 | 107 | 398 | #563 |
| 1956 | 159 | 108 | 267 | #784 |
| 1955 | 90 | 74 | 164 | #1,064 |
| 1954 | 73 | 65 | 138 | #1,165 |
| 1953 | 46 | 78 | 124 | #1,447 |
| 1952 | 52 | 65 | 117 | #1,338 |
| 1951 | 36 | 54 | 90 | #1,589 |
| 1950 | 23 | 46 | 69 | #2,015 |
| 1949 | 12 | 36 | 48 | #3,029 |
| 1948 | 12 | 31 | 43 | #3,006 |
| 1947 | 9 | 46 | 55 | #3,736 |
| 1946 | 5 | 44 | 49 | #5,016 |
| 1945 | 13 | 36 | 49 | #2,484 |
| 1944 | 6 | 32 | 38 | #4,105 |
| 1943 | 7 | 31 | 38 | #3,841 |
| 1942 | 7 | 40 | 47 | #3,777 |
| 1941 | 5 | 33 | 38 | #4,478 |
| 1940 | 5 | 30 | 35 | #4,422 |
| 1939 | — | 24 | 24 | — |
| 1938 | — | 22 | 22 | — |
| 1937 | — | 23 | 23 | — |
| 1936 | — | 18 | 18 | — |
| 1935 | — | 37 | 37 | — |
| 1934 | — | 17 | 17 | — |
| 1933 | — | 20 | 20 | — |
| 1932 | — | 21 | 21 | — |
| 1931 | — | 26 | 26 | — |
| 1930 | — | 25 | 25 | — |
| 1929 | — | 28 | 28 | — |
| 1928 | — | 28 | 28 | — |
| 1927 | — | 32 | 32 | — |
| 1926 | — | 31 | 31 | — |
| 1925 | — | 30 | 30 | — |
| 1924 | — | 24 | 24 | — |
| 1923 | — | 29 | 29 | — |
| 1922 | — | 28 | 28 | — |
| 1921 | — | 33 | 33 | — |
| 1920 | 5 | 46 | 51 | #5,027 |
| 1919 | 6 | 34 | 40 | #4,302 |
| 1918 | — | 31 | 31 | — |
| 1917 | — | 32 | 32 | — |
| 1916 | — | 30 | 30 | — |
| 1915 | — | 33 | 33 | — |
| 1914 | — | 17 | 17 | — |
| 1913 | — | 22 | 22 | — |
| 1912 | — | 18 | 18 | — |
| 1911 | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| 1910 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1909 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1908 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1907 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1906 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1905 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1904 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1902 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1901 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1900 | — | 17 | 17 | — |
| 1898 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1897 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1894 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1893 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1890 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1888 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1887 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1886 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1884 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1882 | — | 5 | 5 | — |