Kellye
Recorded 1955–2001 · United States
Kellye was most popular in 1987, when 145 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,770 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,347 people named Kellye.
Kellye over time
How old is the name Kellye?
Kellye first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1955, which makes it about 70 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 46 of the 71 years since. It was last recorded in 2001.
How many people are named Kellye?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,347 American births named Kellye 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 2,190 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Kellye in 2025?
Kellye 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 Kellye a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Kellye is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,347 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% 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 Kellye?
Roughly 2,190 Americans named Kellye are alive today — 93% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 52 years old, and half are between 40 and 61.
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 Kellye 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