Girls' name · since 1962
Kellyjo
Kellyjo has 196 recorded births since 1962 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1980 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 196
- total births
- 1962–1989
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
Kellyjo is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 196 have been recorded since 1962.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kellyjo has been recorded 196 times among girls since 1962, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1962 to 1989.
- 196 total births
- 1962–1989 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 42% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kellyjo's 196 recorded births place it above 72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kellyjo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kellyjo's full recorded timeline at 1975, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1962, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1980 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kellyjo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–1989
- Peak year (1980)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Kellyjo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Kellyjo's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Kellyjo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
58 births
- 1970s
1970s
83 births
- 1980s
1980s
55 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 83 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Kellyjo's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (83 total births) through the 1980s (55) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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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, 1962–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kellyjo: Baby Name Since 1962 - 196 Births, Peak 1980." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kellyjo. 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 Kellyjo 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.