—2024 rank
1968peak year
46,057babies named Kelley since 1880
▼ 29%5-year trend
Kelley popularity over 145 years
🌱 Below the charts · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Kelley mean?
Variant of Kelly, from the Irish surname O Ceallaigh, from ceallach, 'strife', or ceall, 'church'.
OriginIrish
Syllables2
Gendergirl
Stylemodern, vintage
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Spellings & variants
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