Kelleye — girls' name
16 babies named Kelleye in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
16 girls have been named Kelleye since 1966, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1987.
- 16
- total births
- 1966–1987
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 38%
- born in that decade
38% of everyone ever named Kelleye was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Kelleye in 1987 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kelleye
The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Kelleye between 1966 and 1987, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kelleye currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kelleye performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kelleye shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kelleye 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 16 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.
Kelleye at a glance
Last recorded 1987Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kelleye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–1966
- Peak year (1987)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1987.
16 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 6 births in a single year.
Kelleye by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 6 births that decade — 38% of Kelleye's all-time total
Kelleye decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Kelleye's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
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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, 1966–1987 (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.