Kelly

20 variations

girls:

658k births since 1907

#52 (99th percentile)

boys:

89.7k births since 1880

#333 (91st percentile)

overall:

747.6k births since 1880

#94 (98th percentile)

Popularity of Kelly's 20 Variations

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the 20 variations of "Kelly". These 20 different ways to spell Kelly have been grouped together based on pronunciation by a model that updates daily in response to your feedback.

1880 2024 18802024

This table provides detailed name popularity stats for 20 spelling variations of Kelly based on Social Security card applications in the United States. Alternate spellings are only included if they were used at least 5 times in a single year.

This table can be sorted by clicking on the column headers.

473.6k
18.2k
1977
1907
98.8%
31.7%
#10
#646
82.3k
3,093
1968
1880
85.1%
11.3%
#97
#815
74.9k
3,331
1970
1945
85.3%
1.1%
#115
#935
50.7k
2,641
1969
1913
83.2%
1.2%
#129
#934
46.1k
1,918
1968
1919
77.9%
1.3%
#166
#933
6,277
168
1968
1882
23.9%
0.3%
#202
#916
4,349
190
1979
1955
23.2%
0.0%
#593
#945
3,714
201
1978
1951
25.7%
#563
2,347
145
1987
1955
17.5%
#663
798
34
1991
1960
3.4%
0.3%
#739
#942
444
19
1989
1963
1.8%
#738
354
18
1969
1914
2.0%
#450
317
14
1980
1959
1.2%
#738
301
21
1981
1963
2.4%
#634
273
13
1977
1959
1.0%
#737
261
14
1990
1973
1.2%
#644
242
12
1982
1967
0.8%
#742
89
12
2001
1982
0.9%
#694
75
8
1994
1966
0.4%
#740
49
7
1989
1975
0.7%
#656
22
6
1989
1986
0.5%
#802
21
15
1987
1984
1.2%
#787
16
6
1994
1976
0.1%
#665
16
6
1987
1966
0.1%
#740
10
5
1984
1984
0.0%
#788
10
5
1972
1972
0.0%
#661
5
5
1969
1969
0.0%
#761
5
5
1979
1979
0.0%
#791

The popularity percentiles and rank data in the table above are computed for each spelling variation individually, compared against all other individual spellings. This is different from the header on this page and our ranking pages, which compare popularity of the grouped spellings as a whole.

Similar Names

Similar-Sounding Names

These names sound similar to Kelly. This list excludes other spelling variations of Kelly, which are listed in the table above.

All Spelling Variations of Kelly

The 20 different ways to spell Kelly, sorted by popularity, are Kelly, Kelli, Kelley, Kellie, Keli, Kellee, Kellye, Keleigh, Kelleigh, Kelee, Kelie, Kelii, Kely, Kele, Keley, Kehly, Kelleye, Kehley, Kellei, and Kheli.

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