girls:
1.4k births since 1956
#4351 (24th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1989
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
1.4k births since 1956
#6363 (18th percentile)
The name Kally is the #6,363 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,380 recorded births since 1956. This represents the 17.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 17.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,351 (23.9% percentile) for all time with 1,375 births since 1956. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1989.
Kally first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1956 (1956 for girls and 1989 for boys). Birth data for Kally is available in 67 out of the 68 years between 1956 and 2023 (67 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kally has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.6% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Kally reached its peak popularity in 1990, achieving the 4.4% percentile (ranked #824) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 22 births per million (ranked 4.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2010, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kally ranks #942 for girls (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 25.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kally reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #753) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 1989, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1989.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kally".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kally. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 89.2% confident that Kally is pronounced as KA-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KUH-lee, at 10.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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