Kellee — girls' name
3,714 babies named Kellee in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
28% of everyone ever named Kellee was born in this single decade.
201 babies were named Kellee in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kellee
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,714 babies named Kellee between 1951 and 2021, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kellee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 201 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kellee performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 1,052 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Kellee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 503 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Kellee in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kellee 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 3,714 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.
Kellee at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kellee popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1951
- Peak year (1978)
- 201
- Annual births at peak — across 71 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
3,714 total births across 71 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 201 births in a single year.
Kellee popularity over time — boys
16 total births recorded since 1976 (Kellee as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Kellee accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kellee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 1,052 births that decade — 28% of Kellee's all-time total
Kellee decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,052 births
- Runner-up 918 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Kellee's strongest decade
1,052 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Kellee by state
Where Kellee concentrates geographically — total births since 1951
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 503 | 13.5% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 189 | 5.1% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 143 | 3.9% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 92 | 2.5% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 86 | 2.3% |
| #6 | Texas | | 86 | 2.3% |
| #7 | New York | | 60 | 1.6% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 46 | 1.2% |
503 of 3,714 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 24 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 13.5% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.1% of nationwide
- Michigan 3.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.5% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 24 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kellee appears in 24 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1951–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.