How Many People Are Named Kellee?
An estimated 3,365 people in the United States have the first name Kellee. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 47 years old, and Kellee peaked in popularity in 1978 with 201 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Kellee as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Kellee paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
3,365
About 1 in 101,859 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
99.6% confidence
Average Age
47
years old
Peak Year
1978
201 births
Total Registered
3,730
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Kellee
Kellee is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 3,730 total births registered, 99.6% were female.
Kellee as a male name
Ranked #8,301 in 1994
6 male births in 1994
Peak: 1994 (6 births)
Kellee as a female name
Ranked #16,478 in 2021
5 female births in 2021
Peak: 1978 (201 births)
Kellee: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Kellee span from the 1950s to the 2020s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1970s, when 1,057 babies were registered. Kellee has declined significantly from its peak in the 1970s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Kellee by Decade
How has Kellee tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Kellee by State
Birth registrations for Kellee span all 24 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Ohio, Michigan. The lowest are in Oregon, Oklahoma, Massachusetts. On average, about 60 Kellees were registered per state.
Kellee + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Kellee as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Kellee
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Kellee: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Kellee?
We estimate approximately 3,365 people named Kellee are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 101,859 Americans share this first name.
Is Kellee a common name?
Kellee is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 95.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 3,730 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Kellee most popular?
Kellee reached peak popularity in 1978, when 201 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Kellee is approximately 47 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Kellee a female name?
Kellee is predominantly female. 99.6% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Kellee Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Kellee Smith, Kellee Johnson, Kellee Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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