Kealey — #13977 US girls' name
381 babies named Kealey in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 21% of names given to girls today.
47% of everyone ever named Kealey was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Kealey in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kealey
The Social Security Administration has registered 381 babies named Kealey between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kealey currently holds the #13977 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kealey performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 179 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kealey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kealey in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 381 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Kealey at a glance
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Current rank
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Kealey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1988
- Peak year (1999)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
Currently ranks #13977 among girls.
381 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 24 births in a single year.
Kealey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 179 births that decade — 47% of Kealey's all-time total
Kealey decade highlights
- Peak decade 179 births
- Runner-up 131 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kealey's strongest decade
179 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1988–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.