Kelle — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kelle

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,302 babies named Kelle between 1950 and 2003, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 100 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kelle performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 895 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 190 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Kelle in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kelle 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 2,302 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.