Girls' name · since 1967
Kely
242 babies named Kely in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 242
- total births
- 1967–2019
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 36%
- born in that decade
Kely sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 242 recorded since 1967.
Social Security Administration records show Kely recorded 242 times among girls since 1967, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 2019.
- 242 total births
- 1967–2019 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 36% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kely's 242 recorded births place it above 75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Kely's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kely splits its recorded history at 1998: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kely popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2019
- Peak year (2008)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Kely popularity over time - boys
10 total births recorded since 1972 (Kely as boys' name)
Kely by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Kely's strongest decade.
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Kely births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 32
1970s
32 births
- 1980s
1980s
52 births
- 1990s 29
1990s
29 births
- 2000s
2000s
86 births
- 2010s
2010s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 86 births (36% of all-time use).
Kely by state
Where Kely concentrates geographically, total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 2.1% |
5 of 242 births nationwide.
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- Kely's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (86 total births) through the 2010s (37) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Kelys (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
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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, 1967–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kely: Baby Name Since 1967 - 242 Births, Peak 2008." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kely. 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 Kely 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.