# Kelby (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kelby/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,582 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,019 / 1,563 (28% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 60, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 33 | 4,414 |
| 2012 | 32 | 4,551 |
| 2013 | 24 | 5,575 |
| 2014 | 29 | 4,839 |
| 2015 | 23 | 5,752 |
| 2016 | 20 | 6,294 |
| 2017 | 13 | 8,549 |
| 2018 | 18 | 6,663 |
| 2019 | 20 | 6,082 |
| 2020 | 22 | 5,568 |
| 2021 | 11 | 9,253 |
| 2022 | 17 | 6,853 |
| 2023 | 9 | 10,754 |
| 2024 | 17 | 6,803 |
| 2025 | 14 | 7,682 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 50 | 2,490 |
| 2012 | 59 | 2,224 |
| 2013 | 47 | 2,578 |
| 2014 | 40 | 2,910 |
| 2015 | 42 | 2,833 |
| 2016 | 32 | 3,482 |
| 2017 | 29 | 3,725 |
| 2018 | 40 | 2,974 |
| 2019 | 19 | 5,057 |
| 2020 | 22 | 4,492 |
| 2021 | 24 | 4,312 |
| 2022 | 26 | 4,145 |
| 2023 | 20 | 4,982 |
| 2024 | 14 | 6,336 |
| 2025 | 18 | 5,313 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 7 | 2,152 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 7 | 1,578 |
| 2000 | 4 | 2,501 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2,636 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2,857 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,009 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3,385 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.