Feminine dossier · first seen 1907

Kelly

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

Endangered Down 98.3% from peak

Peak era

1977

Peak rank proxy

18,234

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen X

1907Peak 19772024

Peak year

1977

Decline from peak

98.3%

2024

310

All-time

473,641

Kelly 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 1977, when 18,234 girls were named Kelly.

In 2024, only 310 girls were given the name.

Down 98.3% from its peak.

All told, about 473,641 Americans have been named Kelly and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1907.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.3% from peak

197718,234 girls named Kelly

2024310 girls named Kelly

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