Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kelly*

#55 most common girls' name of all time · #115 across all names · 15% male / 85% female · used 1880–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#55
Rank overall
#115 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
556,365
Since 2016
5,149
Peak year
1968 #12
Best rank
#10 1977
Girls Boys peak 20,197/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Kelly is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 319 84 403 #851
2024 312 109 421 #867
2023 362 94 456 #779
2022 347 122 469 #808
2021 324 114 438 #850
2020 366 110 476 #746
2019 448 107 555 #652
2018 486 103 589 #619
2017 504 115 619 #597
2016 605 118 723 #516
2015 675 104 779 #481
2014 740 105 845 #432
2013 849 103 952 #368
2012 892 106 998 #357
2011 944 108 1,052 #336
2010 1,061 101 1,162 #306
2009 1,251 140 1,391 #261
2008 1,399 113 1,512 #248
2007 1,569 154 1,723 #222
2006 1,611 139 1,750 #212
2005 1,952 127 2,079 #175
2004 2,357 160 2,517 #138
2003 2,736 146 2,882 #125
2002 2,852 185 3,037 #119
2001 2,814 174 2,988 #124
2000 3,077 202 3,279 #111
1999 3,420 195 3,615 #95
1998 3,703 240 3,943 #90
1997 4,064 284 4,348 #83
1996 4,734 339 5,073 #73
1995 5,398 357 5,755 #64
1994 5,446 385 5,831 #62
1993 6,295 475 6,770 #51
1992 7,012 534 7,546 #47
1991 7,515 642 8,157 #42
1990 8,137 687 8,824 #41
1989 8,759 811 9,570 #37
1988 8,917 740 9,657 #32
1987 9,866 786 10,652 #30
1986 10,411 873 11,284 #29
1985 11,031 890 11,921 #28
1984 11,216 985 12,201 #27
1983 11,586 1,055 12,641 #26
1982 12,170 1,270 13,440 #25
1981 11,873 1,181 13,054 #23
1980 13,710 1,183 14,893 #19
1979 15,296 1,208 16,504 #16
1978 16,976 1,308 18,284 #12
1977 18,234 1,484 19,718 #10
1976 11,791 1,540 13,331 #19
1975 11,735 1,644 13,379 #16
1974 10,851 1,758 12,609 #15
1973 10,512 1,702 12,214 #18
1972 10,944 1,917 12,861 #23
1971 12,599 2,266 14,865 #22
1970 14,607 2,494 17,101 #20
1969 16,328 2,791 19,119 #15
1968 17,138 3,059 20,197 #12
1967 13,717 3,093 16,810 #23
1966 13,242 2,784 16,026 #26
1965 12,763 2,258 15,021 #30
1964 12,470 2,492 14,962 #35
1963 12,550 2,729 15,279 #32
1962 11,530 2,855 14,385 #38
1961 9,642 3,011 12,653 #45
1960 8,673 2,934 11,607 #52
1959 6,380 2,438 8,818 #74
1958 4,471 2,299 6,770 #108
1957 1,903 1,875 3,778 #187
1956 830 1,468 2,298 #309
1955 539 1,250 1,789 #380
1954 453 965 1,418 #407
1953 226 845 1,071 #591
1952 296 805 1,101 #490
1951 163 701 864 #685
1950 97 488 585 #900
1949 117 510 627 #804
1948 83 379 462 #956
1947 73 351 424 #1,040
1946 51 283 334 #1,211
1945 51 240 291 #1,102
1944 60 275 335 #1,009
1943 36 275 311 #1,375
1942 36 249 285 #1,351
1941 28 160 188 #1,474
1940 24 142 166 #1,606
1939 10 153 163 #2,763
1938 18 137 155 #1,883
1937 14 126 140 #2,217
1936 13 138 151 #2,289
1935 13 125 138 #2,327
1934 11 144 155 #2,589
1933 12 120 132 #2,421
1932 14 105 119 #2,262
1931 9 129 138 #2,996
1930 13 117 130 #2,450
1929 11 141 152 #2,759
1928 11 128 139 #2,790
1927 10 132 142 #3,076
1926 12 123 135 #2,726
1925 15 121 136 #2,389
1924 10 125 135 #3,166
1923 10 111 121 #3,145
1922 13 141 154 #2,636
1921 15 133 148 #2,398
1920 11 121 132 #2,922
1919 8 144 152 #3,472
1918 14 118 132 #2,394
1917 8 131 139 #3,371
1916 9 90 99 #3,050
1915 5 101 106 #4,309
1914 11 92 103 #2,145
1913 — 63 63 —
1912 7 57 64 #2,392
1911 5 41 46 #2,498
1910 6 46 52 #2,170
1909 7 26 33 #1,795
1908 5 25 30 #2,138
1907 5 29 34 #2,099
1906 — 20 20 —
1905 — 11 11 —
1904 — 13 13 —
1903 — 21 21 —
1902 — 16 16 —
1901 — 12 12 —
1900 — 33 33 —
1899 — 9 9 —
1898 — 10 10 —
1897 — 15 15 —
1896 — 14 14 —
1895 — 23 23 —
1894 — 12 12 —
1893 — 21 21 —
1892 — 18 18 —
1891 — 9 9 —
1890 — 11 11 —
1889 — 17 17 —
1888 — 10 10 —
1887 — 13 13 —
1886 — 16 16 —
1885 — 15 15 —
1884 — 10 10 —
1883 — 12 12 —
1882 — 13 13 —
1881 — 8 8 —
1880 — 5 5 —