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Kelly Name Popularity

How popular is the name Kelly? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 — 17 0.0048%
1911 — 5 0.0013%
1912 — 23 0.0046%
1913 — 29 0.0051%
1914 — 63 0.009%
1915 — 58 0.0064%
1916 — 49 0.0051%
1917 — 104 0.0104%
1918 — 95 0.0089%
1919 — 112 0.0107%
1920 — 98 0.0088%
1921 — 91 0.0079%
1922 — 110 0.0099%
1923 — 83 0.0074%
1924 — 96 0.0083%
1925 — 89 0.0079%
1926 — 88 0.008%
1927 — 95 0.0086%
1928 — 93 0.0087%
1929 — 103 0.0099%
1930 — 76 0.0073%
1931 — 103 0.0104%
1932 — 69 0.007%
1933 — 89 0.0096%
1934 — 115 0.0119%
1935 — 88 0.0091%
1936 — 110 0.0114%
1937 — 82 0.0083%
1938 — 82 0.008%
1939 — 108 0.0106%
1940 — 105 0.0099%
1941 — 134 0.0119%
1942 — 207 0.0164%
1943 — 232 0.0178%
1944 — 243 0.0196%
1945 — 194 0.0159%
1946 — 241 0.0163%
1947 — 317 0.019%
1948 — 356 0.0223%
1949 — 490 0.0305%
1950 — 465 0.0289%
1951 — 673 0.0397%
1952 — 783 0.0449%
1953 — 827 0.0467%
1954 — 930 0.0509%
1955 — 1,215 0.0661%
1956 — 1,452 0.0769%
1957 — 1,849 0.0961%
1958 — 2,279 0.1206%
1959 — 2,427 0.1277%
1960 — 2,926 0.1544%
1961 — 3,003 0.1591%
1962 — 2,850 0.1552%
1963 — 2,727 0.1519%
1964 — 2,484 0.1411%
1965 — 2,254 0.1378%
1966 — 2,779 0.178%
1967 — 3,091 0.2037%
1968 — 3,050 0.2031%
1969 — 2,784 0.1807%
1970 — 2,481 0.1559%
1971 — 2,253 0.1499%
1972 — 1,899 0.1394%
1973 — 1,692 0.1305%
1974 — 1,737 0.1336%
1975 — 1,623 0.1263%
1976 — 1,526 0.1184%
1977 — 1,467 0.1088%
1978 — 1,291 0.096%
1979 — 1,187 0.0842%
1980 — 1,165 0.0797%
1981 — 1,164 0.0792%
1982 — 1,252 0.0838%
1983 — 1,039 0.0704%
1984 — 969 0.0651%
1985 — 873 0.0575%
1986 — 847 0.0561%
1987 — 766 0.0502%
1988 — 716 0.0459%
1989 — 794 0.0492%
1990 — 657 0.0396%
1991 — 618 0.0379%
1992 — 505 0.0316%
1993 — 446 0.0286%
1994 — 339 0.0221%
1995 — 309 0.0205%
1996 — 306 0.0204%
1997 — 229 0.0155%
1998 — 186 0.0124%
1999 — 133 0.0089%
2000 — 127 0.0083%
2001 — 123 0.0082%
2002 — 126 0.0084%
2003 — 86 0.0057%
2004 — 100 0.0066%
2005 — 67 0.0044%
2006 — 72 0.0046%
2007 — 91 0.0058%
2008 — 57 0.0037%
2009 — 73 0.0049%
2010 — 48 0.0033%
2011 — 44 0.0031%
2012 — 49 0.0034%
2013 — 52 0.0037%
2014 — 56 0.0038%
2015 — 49 0.0034%
2016 — 53 0.0037%
2017 — 51 0.0037%
2018 — 51 0.0037%
2019 — 48 0.0035%
2020 — 49 0.0038%
2021 — 60 0.0049%
2022 — 70 0.0053%
2023 — 43 0.0033%

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Names Like Kelly

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What names are variants of Kelly?

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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Kelley

Descendant of Ceallach

Irish

What names sound like Kelly?

If you like how Kelly sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Kelly.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Kealy

Handsome

Irish

Keely

Handsome

Irish

Kell

Spring

Scandinavian

Kelle

Slender

Gaelic

What names are similar to Kelly?

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Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Cillian

Bright-headed

Irish

Keeley

Handsome

Irish

Killian

Church

Irish

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