KELLY is ranked as the 70th most popular family name in the United States with an
estimated population of 308,315.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the last names are more popular.
There are 96.69 people named KELLY for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 67% of the time.
Based on US Census Bureau data the estimated population of people named KELLY is
307,492, the rank is 69
and the proportion per 100k Americans named KELLY is 96.52.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
KELLY is
80.4% White,
1.7% Hispanic origin,
15.5% Black,
0.5% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name KELLY have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name KELLY is included in the following name categories:
Not Categorized
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name KELLY
The state with the most people named
KELLY is
California where
28,030 people have this name.
Pennsylvania is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named KELLY, as
156.64 in every 100,000
Pennsylvanians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
New York.
Pennsylvania is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
2 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Hawaii
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name KELLY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
13,342
103.58
100.0%
Indiana
5,215
79.05
99.9%
Iowa
2,606
83.87
99.9%
Kansas
2,489
85.72
99.8%
Michigan
9,299
93.84
100.0%
Minnesota
4,211
77.17
99.9%
Missouri
4,387
146.54
99.8%
Nebraska
1,505
79.97
99.8%
North Dakota
418
56.55
99.3%
Ohio
9,887
85.27
100.0%
South Dakota
478
55.97
99.4%
Wisconsin
3,475
60.35
99.9%
West States
State stats for the first name KELLY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
860
116.74
99.7%
Arizona
5,982
88.86
99.9%
California
28,030
72.24
100.0%
Colorado
5,632
105.16
99.9%
Hawaii
686
48.35
99.6%
Idaho
1,491
91.24
99.7%
Montana
1,459
142.55
99.9%
Nevada
2,375
83.67
99.9%
New Mexico
1,507
72.26
99.6%
Oregon
3,565
89.8
99.9%
Utah
1,830
62.19
99.6%
Washington
7,035
99.62
100.0%
Wyoming
625
106.95
99.7%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name KELLY
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have KELLY as a last name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named KELLY.
The most popular full name is John KELLY.
2.64% of all the people named KELLY
have this given name.
There are 5386 first
names associated with this last name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name KELLY