Kellye — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kellye

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,347 babies named Kellye between 1955 and 2001, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kellye currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 145 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kellye performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 810 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kellye shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 501 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Kellye in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kellye 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 2,347 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.