KELLY is ranked as the 91st most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 631,381.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 198.01 people named KELLY for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 67% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named KELLY is 521,635.
The SSA data also shows that KELLY is used as a girl's name 86% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
KELLY is
80.6% White,
3.9% Hispanic origin,
11.5% Black,
1.9% 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:
US unisex baby name - Social Security Administration
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
English surname
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common Swedish feminine given name - SCB Data
Irish surname
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Anglicised Irish surname
Cornish surname
Celtic surname
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name KELLY
The state with the most people named
KELLY is
California where
57,321 people have this name.
New Hampshire is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named KELLY, as
349.29 in every 100,000
New Hampshirites
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Texas.
New Hampshire 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
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Mississippi
(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
23,635
183.49
99.8%
Indiana
14,946
226.56
99.7%
Iowa
8,112
261.07
99.7%
Kansas
6,575
226.42
99.4%
Michigan
26,001
262.37
99.9%
Minnesota
15,386
281.94
99.8%
Missouri
3,390
113.23
99.1%
Nebraska
4,172
221.74
99.1%
North Dakota
1,624
219.66
98.2%
Ohio
27,406
236.37
99.8%
South Dakota
1,574
184.49
97.8%
Wisconsin
16,011
278.08
99.8%
West States
State stats for the first name KELLY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
1,418
192.41
97.8%
Arizona
10,931
162.39
99.5%
California
57,321
147.73
99.9%
Colorado
12,568
234.65
99.7%
Hawaii
2,167
152.68
99.5%
Idaho
4,115
251.75
99.3%
Montana
2,526
246.77
98.9%
Nevada
4,888
172.18
99.5%
New Mexico
2,807
134.6
98.7%
Oregon
7,788
196.17
99.5%
Utah
7,288
247.64
99.5%
Washington
16,151
228.72
99.8%
Wyoming
1,464
250.62
98.4%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name KELLY
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have KELLY as a first 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 KELLY Smith.
0.98% of all the people named KELLY
have this family name.
There are 41733 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name KELLY