How common is the last name Kelly?

255,516 people in the United States have the last name Kelly, about 1 in 1,170. It ranks #80 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

KELLY

#80

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
255,516
About
1 in 1,170
This common or more
15.2%
Who bears it

Of the 255,516 people with the last name Kelly, 75.6% reported their origin as White, 15.8% as Black and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Kelly

#78 Doe · 262,774#79 Ward · 255,767#81 Howard · 253,434#82 Cox · 249,872

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kelly, most common first.

#203 Kelley · 137,250#6,912 Kell · 4,686#16,783 Keely · 1,655#28,052 Kealy · 906#63,550 Kelle · 339#63,879 Kello · 337#93,627 Keily · 210#117,309 Kella · 157

Also a first name

As a first name, Kelly ranks #85 of 53,615, with 499,222 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1968, with 20,197 births. See Kelly as a first name

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