How Many People Are Named Kellye?

2,172

people named Kellye are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 157,359 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,347 babies named Kellye in Social Security records from 1955 to 2001, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#6,384

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#3,563

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Peak Year

1987

145 births

Trend

2001

Last year given

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Kellye in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Kellye alive today is about 50 years old, and 72% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 39 and 60 in 2025.

Under 30 38
1.8%
30 to 59 1,564
72%
60 and over 569
26.2%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Kellye first appears in the records in 1955 and was given most often in 1987, to 145 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2001.

Babies given the name each year, 1955 to 2001

🏆 Rank History

Kellye has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,059, in 1987.

Girls
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#1,059 (1987)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,237 in the 1960s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Kellye alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Kellye were born in Texas than in any other state: about 458 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kellye was given 11.2 times as often in Tennessee and 6.5 times in Texas.

Texas 458
Tennessee 220
California 100
Louisiana 40
Oklahoma 38
Alabama 32
Mississippi 22
Kentucky 19
Arkansas 18
Virginia 12
Ohio 11
Georgia 10
Illinois 7
South Carolina 6
Missouri 5
North Carolina 5

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