Girls' name · since 2004

Kelany

Since 2004, U.S. Social Security records show 108 babies named Kelany, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#26,275 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#11,542 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
108
born since 2004
2020s
peak decade

108 babies have been named Kelany since 2004, making it today's #11542 girls' name.

Kelany has 108 recorded births among girls since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11542 as of the latest data, more common than 33% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.

  • #26,275 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #11,542 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 108 born since 2004
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kelany ranks #26,275 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,542 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 108 born since 2004, peaking in the 2020s.

#26,275 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#11,542 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
108
born since 2004
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%33.2%
Kelany vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Kelany's 108 recorded births place it above 63.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Kelany compares

108 26th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Kelany's all-time total is 71% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Kelany Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 108 376 567,345
Peak-year births 24 21 19,840

Kelany's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Kelany's full recorded timeline at 2020, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2004, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 24 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Kelany popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2024)
24
Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
0510152025 20042016201720182019202020212022202320242025 8

Kelany by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (74 births, 69% of the file).

2020s was Kelany's strongest decade.

74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.

Kelany births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 74 births (69% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kelany?
Kelany has been given to 108 babies in the U.S. since 2004, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #26,275 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #11,542 of 17,297. 24 babies were born in 2024, its single highest year.
Where does Kelany sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kelany ranks #26,275 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,542 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Kelany most popular?
Kelany was most popular in the 2020s decade with 74 total births. The single peak year was 2024.
How long has the name Kelany been used?
The SSA has tracked Kelany since 2004 -- 22 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Kelany?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kelly, Kelsey, Kelli, Kellie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Two nationwide peer axes for Kelany: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2004–2025 (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 Kelany 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.