Feminine dossier · first seen 1919

Kelley

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Kelley
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 99.1% from peak

Peak era

1968

Peak rank proxy

1,918

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1919Peak 19682024

Peak year

1968

Decline from peak

99.1%

2024

All-time

46,084

Kelley once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1968, when 1,918 girls were named Kelley.

In 2024, only 17 girls were given the name.

Down 99.1% from its peak.

All told, about 46,084 Americans have been named Kelley and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1919.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.1% from peak

19681,918 girls named Kelley

202417 girls named Kelley

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