Girls' name · peaked in 1969
Kellie name popularity since 1925
51,034 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Kellie (99.4% girls, 0.6% boys). Half of them were born in 1977 or earlier, so the typical Kellie is about 49 years old in 2026. Kellie peaked in 1969 as the #130 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 51,034
- Named Kellie, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #6,222 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.4% girls
- 50,744 girls · 290 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 2.11× its national share
Peak year is the year Kellie made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Kellie births per year, 1925–2025
1969 was the biggest year for Kellie both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1956 and 1961, Kellie became 7.1× more common, from 1 in 16,300 baby girls to 1 in 2,290.
- Steepest fall: Between 2000 and 2005, its share of baby girls fell by 59%, from 1 in 4,700 to 1 in 11,500.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Kellie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Kellie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Kellie in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 5 | 23 | – |
| 1930s | 5 | 11 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 60 | 5 | #2,835 |
| 1950s | 1,652 | 16 | #1,153 |
| 1960s | 13,122 | 80 | #251 |
| 1970s | 13,669 | 83 | #210 |
| 1980s | 11,309 | 58 | #241 |
| 1990s | 8,088 | 14 | #336 |
| 2000s | 2,166 | 0 | #1,360 |
| 2010s | 539 | 0 | #3,508 |
| 2020–25 | 129 | 0 | #6,222 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
45.2% of babies named Kellie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Kellie is most popular
The index compares Kellie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Kellie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2.11× | 879 |
| Oregon | 1.58× | 726 |
| Michigan | 1.50× | 2,819 |
| Washington | 1.44× | 1,178 |
| Nebraska | 1.42× | 489 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Kellie and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Kellie (this page) | 50,744 | 1969 |
| Kelly | 473,816 | 1977 |
| Kelli | 74,891 | 1970 |
| Kelley | 46,088 | 1968 |
| Keli | 4,356 | 1979 |
| Kellee | 3,714 | 1978 |
| Kellye | 2,347 | 1987 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Kellie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Kellie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Kellie (1969).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data