# Kelley (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kelley/  
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 | 52,385 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,286 / 46,099 (88% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 16, 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 | 38 | 3,963 |
| 2012 | 46 | 3,499 |
| 2013 | 27 | 5,073 |
| 2014 | 39 | 3,882 |
| 2015 | 28 | 4,921 |
| 2016 | 22 | 5,891 |
| 2017 | 22 | 5,748 |
| 2018 | 29 | 4,713 |
| 2019 | 24 | 5,374 |
| 2020 | 29 | 4,607 |
| 2021 | 20 | 6,068 |
| 2022 | 17 | 6,855 |
| 2023 | 17 | 6,796 |
| 2024 | 17 | 6,804 |
| 2025 | 15 | 7,322 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 4,439 |
| 2012 | 15 | 5,859 |
| 2013 | 18 | 5,079 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,482 |
| 2015 | 15 | 5,881 |
| 2016 | 18 | 5,231 |
| 2017 | 16 | 5,668 |
| 2018 | 20 | 4,845 |
| 2019 | 19 | 5,058 |
| 2020 | 15 | 5,846 |
| 2021 | 19 | 5,027 |
| 2022 | 12 | 7,038 |
| 2023 | 14 | 6,359 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9,445 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8,601 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 7 | 2,096 |
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 3 | 3,225 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |

## People named Kelley

- Kelley O'Hara, American soccer player
- Kelley Hurley, American épée fencer
- Kelley Armstrong, Canadian writer (1968-)
- Kelley Deal, American musician
- Kelley Mack, American actress (1992–2025)
- Kelley Law, Canadian female curler
- Kelley Jakle, American actress, singer, and songwriter
- Kelley Cain, American basketball player (born 1989)
- Colin Jost, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
- Frank K. Edmondson, American astronomer (1912–2008)

## 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.