as a First Name
Originally an Anglicized form of the ancient Irish male name Ceallach. It is now very widely used in the English-speaking world, mainly as a girl's name. This is a transferred use of the surname Ó Ceallaigh ‘descendant of Ceallach’.
| 70th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 696,609
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Minnesota
- has the most people named Kelly per capita
- 1977
- marked the height of its popularity
87%
13%
3%
55+
55+
67%
30-54
30-54
22%
13-29
13-29
9%
0-12
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