Kelby
Rank in 2025
#7491
recorded as girls
Down 849 since 2024
#5208
recorded as boys
Up 991 since 2024
Babies in 2025
32
girls 14 · boys 18
Peak year
1991
187 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
5,582
since 1948
Born a Kelby? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Kelby was most popular in 1991, when 187 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.09 per 1,000). In 2025, 18 babies were named Kelby, ranking #5208 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 31%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | 7491 | 18 | 5208 |
| 2024 | 17 | 6642 | 14 | 6199 |
| 2023 | 9 | 10312 | 20 | 4886 |
| 2022 | 17 | 6707 | 26 | 4089 |
| 2021 | 11 | 8978 | 24 | 4247 |
| 2020 | 22 | 5487 | 22 | 4426 |
| 2019 | 20 | 5986 | 19 | 4951 |
| 2018 | 18 | 6521 | 40 | 2943 |
| 2017 | 13 | 8299 | 29 | 3678 |
| 2016 | 20 | 6186 | 32 | 3441 |
| 2015 | 23 | 5653 | 42 | 2809 |
| 2014 | 29 | 4768 | 40 | 2885 |
| 2013 | 24 | 5486 | 47 | 2562 |
| 2012 | 32 | 4486 | 59 | 2209 |
| 2011 | 33 | 4353 | 50 | 2478 |
| 2010 | 35 | 4180 | 74 | 1913 |
| 2009 | 29 | 4931 | 53 | 2401 |
| 2008 | 48 | 3420 | 79 | 1838 |
| 2007 | 47 | 3482 | 76 | 1875 |
| 2006 | 39 | 3854 | 72 | 1877 |
| 2005 | 41 | 3587 | 79 | 1691 |
| 2004 | 46 | 3265 | 110 | 1335 |
| 2003 | 52 | 2923 | 109 | 1291 |
| 2002 | 58 | 2642 | 68 | 1708 |
| 2001 | 59 | 2571 | 108 | 1231 |
| 2000 | 50 | 2854 | 75 | 1573 |
| 1999 | 59 | 2438 | 118 | 1118 |
| 1998 | 53 | 2570 | 134 | 1014 |
| 1997 | 65 | 2138 | 110 | 1134 |
| 1996 | 50 | 2510 | 97 | 1180 |
| 1995 | 58 | 2282 | 138 | 946 |
| 1994 | 48 | 2585 | 152 | 872 |
| 1993 | 70 | 1985 | 151 | 859 |
| 1992 | 88 | 1704 | 154 | 854 |
| 1991 | 90 | 1656 | 187 | 745 |
| 1990 | 34 | 3227 | 123 | 930 |
| 1989 | 20 | 4522 | 117 | 940 |
| 1988 | 19 | 4496 | 114 | 897 |
| 1987 | 22 | 3857 | 88 | 1009 |
| 1986 | 10 | 6612 | 58 | 1269 |
| 1985 | 10 | 6457 | 52 | 1333 |
| 1984 | 13 | 5222 | 45 | 1422 |
| 1983 | 7 | 8047 | 43 | 1448 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 32 | 1774 |
| 1981 | 9 | 6804 | 39 | 1548 |
| 1980 | 5 | 10392 | 49 | 1341 |
| 1979 | 6 | 9010 | 44 | 1407 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 37 | 1537 |
| 1977 | 7 | 7567 | 48 | 1289 |
| 1976 | 7 | 7296 | 48 | 1267 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 46 | 1258 |
| 1974 | 7 | 6900 | 46 | 1229 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 56 | 1082 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 57 | 1069 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 48 | 1181 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 44 | 1253 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 23 | 1728 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 23 | 1650 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 14 | 2139 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 7 | 3249 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 7 | 3282 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1962 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 5 | 4065 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 7 | 3337 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 6 | 3619 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 9 | 2818 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 10 | 2631 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1955 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 6 | 3452 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 11 | 2391 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 6 | 3373 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 7 | 3066 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 8 | 2770 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 5 | 3690 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 5 | 3668 |
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Recorded as girls 28% · boys 72% across all years