girls:
1.5k births since 1974
#4215 (26th percentile)
boys:
4k births since 1948
#1946 (58th percentile)
overall:
5.5k births since 1948
#3665 (53rd percentile)
The name Kelby is the #3,665 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,519 recorded births since 1948. This represents the 52.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 52.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,946 (57.6% percentile) for all time with 3,987 births since 1948. For girls, it ranks #4,215 (26.2% percentile) for all time with 1,532 births since 1974.
Kelby first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1948 (1948 for boys and 1974 for girls). Birth data for Kelby is available in 71 out of the 76 years between 1948 and 2023 (71 years for boys and 47 years for girls). 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 Kelby has been given predominantly to boys, with 72.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 69.0% of babies named Kelby were boys.
For boys, Kelby reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 23.6% percentile (ranked #581) with 88 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 88 births per million (ranked 23.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 1995, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kelby ranks #896 for boys (1.6% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 12.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Kelby reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 10.0% percentile (ranked #765) with 44 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 44 births per million (ranked 10.0% percentile). Despite a low point in 1998, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Kelby ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 11.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kelby".
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