Girls' name · since 1988
Kealey
Since 1988, U.S. Social Security records show 381 babies named Kealey, peaking in 1999. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,926 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 381
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kealey sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 381 recorded since 1988.
Kealey has 381 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2024.
- #13,926 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 381 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kealey ranks #13,926 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 381 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,926 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 381
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kealey's 381 recorded births place it above 80.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kealey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kealey's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1988, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1999 peak of 24, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kealey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2024
- Peak year (1999)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Kealey by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (179 births, 47% of the file).
2000s was Kealey's strongest decade.
179 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Kealey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
131 births
- 2000s
2000s
179 births
- 2010s 54
2010s
54 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 179 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Kealey's decade-level peak was the 2000s (179 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kealey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~36 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1988–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kealey draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.