girl's name

Kelle

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 2,348

Kelle is a girl's name. In 2003 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1962, when 100 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1950.

Kelle over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2003, not a full ten years.

916
'50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Kelle by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 236
1960s 916
1970s 606
1980s 403
1990s 160
2000s (to 2003) 24

How popular is Kelle?

In 2003, Kelle was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Kelle is used

England & Wales #4,548 3 in 1996
United States #17,147 5 in 2003

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Kelle

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Kelle also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Kelle over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Kelle

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Kelle — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Kelle

How popular is the name Kelle?

In 2003, Kelle was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Kelle a girl's or a boy's name?

Kelle is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Kelle most popular?

Kelle peaked in 1962, when 100 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.