Kelley Name Popularity

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How popular is Kelley?

The rare name Kelley was the 4,796th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States in 2018.

Kelley, although not presently in the top 1000, did once enjoy higher rankings.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #168 in 1968 with 1,916 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Kelley in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1939.

Kelley, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1947-1963, 1965-1968, and 1984-1987, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1968-1971, 1990-2005, and 2008-2013.

Kelley became more popular as a girls name in 1954.

Where is the name Kelley popularity headed?

Kelley's popularity is at an extremely low point when measured against its most notable year.

Kelley's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name Kelley has remained about the same.

The name Kelley is very unique and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Kelley has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Kelley (Girl)		Kelley (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		28	4,796	20	4,811
2017		22	5,727	16	5,654
2016		22	5,879	18	5,216
2015		28	4,906	15	5,869
2014		39	3,876	9	8,468
2013		27	5,066	17	5,283
2012		46	3,497	15	5,851
2011		38	3,962	22	4,434
2010		54	3,096	17	5,366
2009		54	3,147	16	5,699
2008		63	2,842	21	4,630
2007		65	2,804	20	4,722
2006		89	2,174	22	4,299
2005		73	2,417	16	5,162
2004		106	1,802	19	4,509
2003		129	1,513	24	3,680
2002		170	1,201	20	4,123
2001		155	1,272	32	2,896
2000		206	1,023	31	2,891
1999		235	902	35	2,528
1998		275	782	24	3,244
1997		296	723	27	2,863
1996		351	639	32	2,459
1995		420	556	37	2,194
1994		498	498	48	1,811
1993		570	438	34	2,271
1992		703	364	64	1,443
1991		700	368	57	1,538
1990		887	308	59	1,480
1989		957	281	93	1,099
1988		1,125	234	62	1,314
1987		1,197	226	63	1,226
1986		999	258	73	1,094
1985		761	315	75	1,072
1984		796	298	68	1,091
1983		908	265	63	1,138
1982		1,007	250	90	948
1981		952	261	97	909
1980		1,084	236	111	838
1979		1,201	216	80	995
1978		1,364	189	85	942
1977		1,502	181	88	908
1976		1,100	220	118	763
1975		1,169	211	101	827
1974		1,208	207	116	753
1973		1,201	212	97	803
1972		1,217	227	102	793
1971		1,288	233	141	699
1970		1,497	212	132	716
1969		1,685	190	149	648
1968		1,916	168	168	588
1967		1,588	202	132	650
1966		1,515	208	135	638
1965		1,462	221	110	714
1964		1,536	221	123	696
1963		1,482	224	116	728
1962		1,311	243	137	666
1961		1,250	249	146	650
1960		1,004	290	155	628
1959		817	331	143	644
1958		650	362	149	630
1957		290	566	108	721
1956		158	787	108	709
1955		91	1,059	74	856
1954		73	1,172	65	924
1953		46	1,450	78	816
1952		52	1,346	65	873
1951		36	1,588	54	957
1950		23	2,025	46	1,045
1949		12	3,086	36	1,192
1948		12	3,056	31	1,309
1947		9	3,870	46	1,075
1946		5	5,324	44	1,040
1945		13	2,534	36	1,095
1944		6	4,299	32	1,181
1943		7	4,001	31	1,252
1942		7	3,929	40	1,079
1941		5	4,731	33	1,163
1940		5	4,708	30	1,239
1939		< 5	--	24	1,376
1938		< 5	--	22	1,459
1937		< 5	--	23	1,428
1936		< 5	--	18	1,614
1935		< 5	--	37	1,069
1934		< 5	--	17	1,756
1933		< 5	--	20	1,567
1932		< 5	--	21	1,562
1931		< 5	--	26	1,377
1930		< 5	--	25	1,482
1929		< 5	--	28	1,357
1928		< 5	--	28	1,404
1927		< 5	--	32	1,312
1926		< 5	--	31	1,315
1925		< 5	--	30	1,349
1924		< 5	--	24	1,601
1923		< 5	--	29	1,371
1922		< 5	--	28	1,420
1921		< 5	--	33	1,286
1920		5	5,359	46	1,026
1919		6	4,526	34	1,220
1918		< 5	--	31	1,274
1917		< 5	--	32	1,211
1916		< 5	--	30	1,228
1915		< 5	--	33	1,137
1914		< 5	--	17	1,527
1913		< 5	--	22	1,093
1912		< 5	--	18	1,121
1911		< 5	--	16	848
1910		< 5	--	11	1,012
1909		< 5	--	7	1,217
1908		< 5	--	11	857
1907		< 5	--	9	964
1906		< 5	--	5	1,338
1905		< 5	--	8	966
1904		< 5	--	5	1,307
1903		< 5	--	< 5	--
1902		< 5	--	11	713
1901		< 5	--	8	814
1900		< 5	--	17	609
1899		< 5	--	< 5	--
1898		< 5	--	6	1,067
1897		< 5	--	9	760
1896		< 5	--	< 5	--
1895		< 5	--	< 5	--
1894		< 5	--	6	1,022
1893		< 5	--	6	973
1892		< 5	--	< 5	--
1891		< 5	--	< 5	--
1890		< 5	--	5	1,083
1889		< 5	--	< 5	--
1888		< 5	--	6	991
1887		< 5	--	6	876
1886		< 5	--	6	907
1885		< 5	--	< 5	--
1884		< 5	--	6	919
1883		< 5	--	< 5	--
1882		< 5	--	5	1,020
1881		< 5	--	< 5	--
1880		< 5	--	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.