Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Kelli” in the USA?

Number of people named “Kelli” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Kelli” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Kelli” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Kelli” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Kelli” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Kelli” by birth year

This chart shows how “Kelli” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1945 5 0.000001885 5 100%
1947 5 0.000001388 5 100%
1949 9 0.000002583 9 100%
1950 8 0.000002284 8 100%
1951 18 0.000004886 18 100%
1952 30 0.000007899 30 100%
1953 59 0.00001531 59 100%
1954 62 0.000015575 62 100%
1955 94 0.000023412 94 100%
1956 132 0.000032015 132 100%
1957 288 0.000068536 288 100%
1958 533 0.000128934 533 100%
1959 762 0.000183262 762 100%
1960 955 0.000229909 955 100%
1961 1106 0.000267001 1106 100%
1962 1317 0.000326364 1317 100%
1963 1395 0.000352433 1385 10 99%
1964 1650 0.000424426 1650 100%
1965 1545 0.000426154 1538 7 99%
1966 1738 0.00050005 1730 8 99%
1967 1815 0.000534626 1810 5 99%
1968 2329 0.000689377 2321 8 99%
1969 3069 0.000883083 3055 14 99%
1970 3344 0.000927211 3331 13 99%
1971 2391 0.000696606 2381 10 99%
1972 1908 0.000607064 1899 9 99%
1973 1734 0.000574765 1726 8 99%
1974 1619 0.000532566 1606 13 98%
1975 1779 0.000589191 1769 10 99%
1976 1829 0.000602775 1820 9 99%
1977 2475 0.000779161 2466 9 99%
1978 2331 0.000734435 2326 5 100%
1979 2229 0.000669973 2218 11 99%
1980 2502 0.000726374 2486 16 99%
1981 2301 0.000665149 2280 21 98%
1982 2386 0.000680167 2373 13 99%
1983 2172 0.00062714 2162 10 99%
1984 1991 0.000570691 1981 10 99%
1985 2069 0.000579696 2059 10 99%
1986 2010 0.000565071 2000 10 99%
1987 2121 0.000588249 2110 11 99%
1988 1877 0.000507978 1864 13 99%
1989 1746 0.000454162 1734 12 99%
1990 1616 0.000408857 1605 11 99%
1991 1508 0.000387137 1498 10 99%
1992 1336 0.000347801 1336 100%
1993 1229 0.000325971 1229 100%
1994 1063 0.000285933 1063 100%
1995 923 0.000252037 923 100%
1996 792 0.000217153 792 100%
1997 670 0.000184789 670 100%
1998 577 0.00015687 572 5 98%
1999 549 0.000148625 549 100%
2000 483 0.000127781 483 100%
2001 448 0.000119678 448 100%
2002 368 0.000098441 368 100%
2003 320 0.000084159 320 100%
2004 260 0.000068046 260 100%
2005 194 0.000050457 194 100%
2006 152 0.000038421 152 100%
2007 129 0.000032269 129 100%
2008 118 0.00003002 118 100%
2009 98 0.000025653 98 100%
2010 76 0.000020564 76 100%
2011 67 0.000018317 67 100%
2012 66 0.000018046 66 100%
2013 42 0.000011521 42 100%
2014 52 0.00001403 52 100%
2015 41 0.000011078 41 100%
2016 40 0.000010903 40 100%
2017 30 0.000008389 30 100%
2018 37 0.000010524 37 100%
2019 39 0.000011236 39 100%
2020 32 0.000009579 32 100%
2021 23 0.000006789 23 100%
2022 23 0.000006798 23 100%
2023 22 0.000006644 22 100%
2024 15 0.000004507 15 100%

Explore other names

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  5. Kelleye
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  8. Kellian
  9. Kelliana
  10. Kelliann
  11. Kellianne