Girls' name · since 1984
Kehly
Kehly has 21 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1987 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 21
- total births
- 1984–1987
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
21 girls have been named Kehly since 1984, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Kehly recorded 21 times among girls since 1984, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 1987.
- 21 total births
- 1984–1987 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 100% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kehly's 21 recorded births place it above 37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kehly's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kehly splits its recorded history at 1987: 71% of all births land in the more recent half, 29% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1984 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1987 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kehly popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–1987
- Peak year (1987)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Kehly by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Kehly's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Kehly births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 21 births (100% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1984–1987 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kehly: Baby Name Since 1984 - 21 Births, Peak 1987." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kehly. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kehly 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 July 2026.