Baby Boy Names - Kelly

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The name Kelly is of Irish origin, and means warrior. The table below indicates the number of times the name Kelly has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Kelly**
Use of the Name Kelly for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
79,647	69,071	14,457	1,967	555	0	0

The table below indicates the number of times the name Kelly has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Kelly**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1880	994	5
1881	676	8
1882	526	13
1883	543	12
1884	640	10
1885	492	15
1886	462	16
1887	499	13
1888	675	10
1889	451	17
1890	621	11
1891	674	9
1892	471	18
1893	396	21
1894	611	12
1895	406	23
1896	574	14
1897	538	15
1898	722	10
1899	755	9
1900	390	33
1901	622	12
1902	546	16
1903	462	21
1904	667	13
1905	773	11
1906	512	20
1907	431	29
1908	508	25
1909	511	26
1910	385	46
1911	459	41
1912	527	57
1913	547	63
1914	512	91
1915	566	101
1916	616	90
1917	501	132
1918	549	121
1919	504	140
1920	566	121
1921	541	133
1922	525	140
1923	601	112
1924	574	124
1925	556	123
1926	552	122
1927	532	133
1928	538	128
1929	497	139
1930	557	117
1931	506	129
1932	584	103
1933	516	120
1934	473	144
1935	514	125
1936	481	138
1937	516	126
1938	499	136
1939	463	155
1940	488	141
1941	467	161
1942	386	251
1943	369	274
1944	366	272	1000	61
1945	381	243
1946	390	279
1947	371	348
1948	341	386	957	83
1949	301	503	802	117
1950	307	489	901	97
1951	251	699	683	164
1952	233	810	490	294
1953	232	845	590	226
1954	225	958	406	456
1955	203	1,249	380	539
1956	189	1,469	310	831
1957	168	1,864	187	1,908
1958	148	2,300	108	4,472
1959	143	2,427	74	6,377
1960	128	2,934	50	8,683
1961	125	2,997	45	9,626
1962	125	2,863	38	11,524
1963	126	2,719	32	12,549
1964	132	2,491	35	12,480
1965	136	2,260	30	12,753
1966	112	2,787	26	13,245
1967	102	3,086	23	13,717
1968	97	3,056	12	17,117
1969	115	2,792	15	16,327
1970	135	2,500	20	14,605
1971	136	2,263	22	12,585
1972	138	1,921	23	10,935
1973	146	1,700	18	10,510
1974	142	1,759	16	10,840
1975	150	1,641	16	11,730
1976	158	1,541	19	11,779
1977	162	1,484	10	18,228
1978	179	1,307	12	16,960
1979	200	1,204	16	15,287
1980	209	1,181	19	13,709
1981	209	1,182	23	11,862
1982	197	1,271	25	12,150
1983	218	1,051	26	11,579
1984	228	985	27	11,204
1985	255	889	28	11,027
1986	255	872	29	10,406
1987	280	785	30	9,860
1988	307	738	32	8,908
1989	299	813	37	8,761
1990	351	685	41	8,131
1991	367	643	42	7,508
1992	417	535	47	7,011
1993	456	474	51	6,299
1994	513	386	62	5,440
1995	534	357	63	5,396
1996	552	337	72	4,735
1997	615	284	83	4,063
1998	699	238	89	3,698
1999	784	196	95	3,413
2000	802	200	111	3,072
2001	909	171	124	2,810
2002	884	184	120	2,844
2003			124	2,725
2004			138	2,321
Totals:		79,647		456,037

During the last 125 years, parents have used Kelly as a boy's name about 14% of the time and more frequently (about 85% of the time) as a girl's name. Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Kelly appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 123 times during the last 125 years.

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Baby Boy Names - Kelly

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