Girls' name · since 1991
Kelbie
Kelbie has 286 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,333 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,591 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 286
- born since 1991
- 2010s
- peak decade
286 babies have been named Kelbie since 1991, making it today's #15591 girls' name.
Kelbie has 286 recorded births among girls since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15591 as of the latest data, more common than 10% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2025.
- #16,333 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,591 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 286 born since 1991
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kelbie ranks #16,333 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,591 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 286 born since 1991, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,333 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,591 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 286
- born since 1991
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kelbie's 286 recorded births place it above 77.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Oklahoma.
How Kelbie compares
286 44th 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
Kelbie's all-time total is 24% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kelbie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 286 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kelbie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kelbie splits its recorded history at 2009: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2004 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2010 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kelbie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Kelbie by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (97 births, 34% of the file).
2010s was Kelbie's strongest decade.
97 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Kelbie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
78 births
- 2000s
2000s
72 births
- 2010s
2010s
97 births
- 2020s
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 97 births (34% of all-time use).
Kelbie by state
Where Kelbie concentrates geographically, total births since 1991
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- Kelbie's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (97 total births) through the 2020s (39) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Oklahoma records the most Kelbies (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Oklahoma names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kelbie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1991–2025 (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 Kelbie 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.