Kelly in North Carolina
Babies in North Carolina
14,166
since 1910
Rank in North Carolina · 2025
#1,138
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Peak year in North Carolina
1977
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in North Carolina, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Kelly in North Carolina from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 1,138 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 12 | 779 | 6 | 1,157 |
| 2023 | 9 | 941 | 5 | 1,280 |
| 2022 | 13 | 721 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 9 | 947 | 9 | 862 |
| 2020 | 13 | 679 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 20 | 486 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 14 | 647 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 13 | 680 | 7 | 938 |
| 2016 | 17 | 547 | 6 | 999 |
| 2015 | 24 | 408 | 6 | 986 |
| 2014 | 30 | 327 | 6 | 998 |
| 2013 | 32 | 297 | 5 | 1,052 |
| 2012 | 43 | 229 | 8 | 795 |
| 2011 | 21 | 433 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 33 | 301 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 38 | 267 | 11 | 667 |
| 2008 | 69 | 152 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 42 | 250 | 6 | 968 |
| 2006 | 57 | 181 | 5 | 1,038 |
| 2005 | 63 | 160 | 6 | 881 |
| 2004 | 62 | 160 | 5 | 928 |
| 2003 | 67 | 140 | 6 | 818 |
| 2002 | 76 | 122 | 14 | 483 |
| 2001 | 88 | 103 | 8 | 669 |
| 2000 | 73 | 130 | 8 | 688 |
| 1999 | 102 | 90 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 115 | 79 | 8 | 640 |
| 1997 | 103 | 85 | 9 | 567 |
| 1996 | 126 | 69 | 14 | 405 |
| 1995 | 133 | 63 | 13 | 416 |
| 1994 | 119 | 68 | 9 | 506 |
| 1993 | 151 | 55 | 16 | 351 |
| 1992 | 168 | 52 | 12 | 434 |
| 1991 | 177 | 46 | 22 | 278 |
| 1990 | 183 | 48 | 21 | 292 |
| 1989 | 216 | 37 | 29 | 217 |
| 1988 | 236 | 33 | 22 | 252 |
| 1987 | 249 | 29 | 25 | 228 |
| 1986 | 268 | 27 | 26 | 218 |
| 1985 | 292 | 23 | 39 | 152 |
| 1984 | 317 | 21 | 39 | 146 |
| 1983 | 325 | 18 | 47 | 125 |
| 1982 | 370 | 16 | 64 | 103 |
| 1981 | 286 | 23 | 53 | 118 |
| 1980 | 378 | 16 | 48 | 132 |
| 1979 | 371 | 14 | 38 | 153 |
| 1978 | 455 | 9 | 40 | 159 |
| 1977 | 486 | 9 | 54 | 125 |
| 1976 | 312 | 18 | 53 | 122 |
| 1975 | 281 | 22 | 62 | 109 |
| 1974 | 273 | 25 | 56 | 123 |
| 1973 | 281 | 24 | 62 | 120 |
| 1972 | 289 | 29 | 58 | 128 |
| 1971 | 311 | 26 | 88 | 99 |
| 1970 | 317 | 28 | 74 | 119 |
| 1969 | 345 | 27 | 91 | 91 |
| 1968 | 402 | 21 | 98 | 85 |
| 1967 | 248 | 35 | 90 | 91 |
| 1966 | 246 | 36 | 69 | 117 |
| 1965 | 229 | 39 | 74 | 119 |
| 1964 | 208 | 55 | 68 | 131 |
| 1963 | 221 | 49 | 70 | 135 |
| 1962 | 201 | 61 | 61 | 149 |
| 1961 | 170 | 69 | 67 | 140 |
| 1960 | 144 | 79 | 72 | 137 |
| 1959 | 107 | 100 | 48 | 179 |
| 1958 | 86 | 118 | 48 | 169 |
| 1957 | 34 | 237 | 26 | 249 |
| 1956 | 9 | 492 | 32 | 229 |
| 1955 | 12 | 428 | 33 | 216 |
| 1954 | 8 | 511 | 27 | 241 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 25 | 246 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 23 | 251 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 24 | 253 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 25 | 239 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 19 | 272 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 18 | 274 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 27 | 242 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 13 | 316 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 15 | 281 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 10 | 338 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 16 | 282 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 15 | 277 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 15 | 275 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 19 | 236 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 13 | 286 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 8 | 360 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 20 | 230 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 10 | 307 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 12 | 293 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 13 | 272 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 16 | 251 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 19 | 229 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 26 | 189 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 12 | 290 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 13 | 272 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 18 | 238 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 18 | 238 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 13 | 273 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 17 | 249 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 20 | 221 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 10 | 335 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 22 | 216 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 14 | 276 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 10 | 333 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 15 | 248 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 11 | 301 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 16 | 222 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 9 | 317 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 12 | 253 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 11 | 238 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 5 | 321 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 6 | 255 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 6 | 179 |
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