How popular is the name Kelby?

Kelby ranks 1,766th among boys' names in US records, with 5,550 births since 1948. Over the past decade it accounts for 268.

Is Kelby a unisex name?

No. Kelby is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1991, when 187 children were given the name. It has been in use for 77 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Boy name#1,766 of boy names

Pronounced K EH1 L B IY0 (ARPABET)

Kelby is a boys' name, and first appears in 1948. It has been given to 5,550 children — the 1,766th most common boys' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 268 births across the past decade, against a peak of 187 in a single year. That peak was in 1991.

1991Boys: 187Girls: 90

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Kelby?: Kelby ranks 1,766th among boys' names in US records, with 5,550 births since 1948. Over the past decade it accounts for 268.
Is Kelby a unisex name?: No. Kelby is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Kelby most popular?: 1991, when 187 children were given the name. It has been in use for 77 years and is still recorded as of 2024.