Kelly
18
Babies in 2024
-58%
10-year change
1996
Peak · 789
+13%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Kelly
Kelly peaked among UK girls' names in the late 1990s (789 babies in 1996) and has remained in active use — 18 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Kelly reached its peak in 1996, when 789 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #74 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 18 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 4,215 girls have been officially registered with the name Kelly in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 285 girls were registered with the name, starting from 43 in 2014 and ending at 18 in 2024.