Girls' name · since 1969
Kelita
Since 1969, U.S. Social Security records show 131 babies named Kelita, peaking in 1990. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 131
- total births
- 1969–2007
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
131 girls have been named Kelita since 1969, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kelita has 131 recorded births among girls since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2007.
- 131 total births
- 1969–2007 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 42% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kelita's 131 recorded births place it above 67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kelita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kelita's SSA record in two at 1985 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1969, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1990 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kelita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2007
- Peak year (1990)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Kelita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Kelita's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Kelita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
55 births
- 1980s
1980s
30 births
- 1990s
1990s
34 births
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 55 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Kelita's decade-level peak was the 1970s (55 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1969–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kelita: Baby Name Since 1969 - 131 Births, Peak 1990." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kelita. 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 Kelita 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.