Girls' name · since 1986
Kelty
Kelty has 144 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 144
- total births
- 1986–2018
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
144 girls have been named Kelty since 1986, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Kelty recorded 144 times among girls since 1986, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2018.
- 144 total births
- 1986–2018 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 44% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kelty's 144 recorded births place it above 68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kelty's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kelty's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1995, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2010 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kelty popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2018
- Peak year (2010)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Kelty by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Kelty's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Kelty births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 19
1990s
19 births
- 2000s
2000s
56 births
- 2010s
2010s
63 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 63 births (44% of all-time use).
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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, 1986–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kelty: Baby Name Since 1986 - 144 Births, Peak 2010." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kelty. 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 Kelty 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.