Kelly Girls

The U.S. popularity history of Kelly: every year it appeared on the national list since 1907, with 473,965 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

473,965

Peak year

1977 #10

Years on the list

118

10-year trend

-30.9%

In the 1970s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1907–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	944	#336
2012	892	#357
2013	849	#369
2014	740	#433
2015	675	#480
2016	605	#515
2017	504	#597
2018	486	#618
2019	448	#652
2020	366	#746
2021	324	#850
2022	347	#809
2023	362	#779
2024	312	#867
2025	319	#852

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1977

1,299

1,286

1,280

1,223

1,114

945

Names from the same era

Jamie · 1977 Carrie · 1977 Jenny · 1977 Misty · 1977 Aimee · 1977 Shawna · 1977 Aisha · 1977 Keisha · 1977 Jami · 1977 Maricela · 1977

Names similar to Kelly

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