Kelle
Recorded 1950–2003 · United States
Kelle was most popular in 1962, when 100 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,800 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,345 people named Kelle.
Kelle over time
How old is the name Kelle?
Kelle first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1950, which makes it about 75 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 52 of the 76 years since. It was last recorded in 2003.
How many people are named Kelle?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,345 American births named Kelle between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,163 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Kelle in 2025?
Kelle was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Kelle a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Kelle is a girl’s name — 98.2% of the 2,345 Americans given it were girls and 1.8% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Kelle?
Roughly 2,163 Americans named Kelle are alive today — 92% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 56 years old, and half are between 46 and 62.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Kelle is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org