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Is Kelly a Male or Female Name?

Kelly is predominantly a female name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Kelly globally is 8.9% males and 91.1% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Nigeria with 77.6% and the country with the highest female ratio is Colombia with 98.7%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Kelly in percentages: Globally: 8.9% males, 91.1% females, United States: 12.8% males, 87.2% females, United Kingdom: 2.7% males, 97.3% females, Brazil: 1.6% males, 98.4% females, Canada: 21.0% males, 79.0% females, Colombia: 1.3% males, 98.7% females, France: 4.0% males, 96.0% females, Australia: 6.6% males, 93.4% females, Netherlands: 3.0% males, 97.0% females, Belgium: 2.1% males, 97.9% females, Peru: 1.3% males, 98.7% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Kelly are 25-34 years old, making up 21.5% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 65+.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Kelly in each age group: 18-24: 18.0%, 25-34: 21.5%, 35-44: 17.3%, 45-54: 16.0%, 55-64: 18.3%, 65+: 9.0%

The country with the largest proportion of people named Kelly is United States with 0.2209% of the population. Following is New Zealand and Canada.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Kelly measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Kelly year over year: 1956: 0.0234‰, 1957: 0.0274‰, 1958: 0.0398‰, 1959: 0.0443‰, 1960: 0.0474‰, 1961: 0.0517‰, 1962: 0.0515‰, 1963: 0.0524‰, 1964: 0.0506‰, 1965: 0.0465‰, 1966: 0.0482‰, 1967: 0.0495‰, 1968: 0.0488‰, 1969: 0.0443‰, 1970: 0.0374‰, 1971: 0.0386‰, 1972: 0.0367‰, 1973: 0.0356‰, 1974: 0.0366‰, 1975: 0.0362‰, 1976: 0.0391‰, 1977: 0.0508‰, 1978: 0.0497‰, 1979: 0.0541‰, 1980: 0.0459‰, 1981: 0.0536‰, 1982: 0.0458‰, 1983: 0.0464‰, 1984: 0.0439‰, 1985: 0.0392‰, 1986: 0.0459‰, 1987: 0.047‰, 1988: 0.0476‰, 1989: 0.047‰, 1990: 0.0602‰, 1991: 0.0628‰, 1992: 0.0607‰, 1993: 0.0552‰, 1994: 0.0528‰, 1995: 0.0516‰, 1996: 0.049‰, 1997: 0.0444‰, 1998: 0.0344‰, 1999: 0.0447‰, 2000: 0.0425‰, 2001: 0.109‰

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