Kelly-Ann

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kelly-Ann: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kelly-Ann: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #705, and it was last ranked in 2009.

2registrars recorded it
11times a registrar ranked it
14years from first to last
#705highest recorded position
1grouping it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2005

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1296
1997	#2738
1998	#1480
1999	#3225
2001	#2783
2002	#3409
2004	#2802
2005	#3970

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 8 of the 10 years from 1996 to 2005.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2009 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1296 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2006–2009
Highest recorded position: #705 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2007 (recorded 2006–2009).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2009
Most recently recorded at #893 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2009.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Kelly-Ann appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 8 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 54 births with the name.

Kelly-Ann across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kelly-Ann's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1296 (1996)	#1296 (1996)	#3970 (2005)	8 of 10	54 (1996–2005)	14 (1996)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#764 (2006)	#705 (2007)	#893 (2009)	3 of 4	10 (2006–2009)	4 (2007)

Kelly-Ann appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Names recorded by exactly 2 registrars

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2009. Highest recorded position: #705 in Republic of Ireland in 2007.

Kelly-Ann's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1480	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1296	14	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2009, ranked in 11 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #705, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 10 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

2decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 2 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#893position in 2009, its most recent recorded year
10 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 6 to 10 years →
14births registered in its largest year, 1996Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Kellie · #40, 54y
Kelly · #3, 60y
Kelly-Marie · #358, 10y
Kelsea · #425, 22y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Julija · #705, 10y
Vakare · #705, 14y
Amora · #708, 14y
Abiel · #701, 10y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Fayth · #705, 20y
Kristiana · #705, 22y
Manal · #705, 28y
Zaineb · #705, 25y

Kelly-Ann was ranked #705 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2007. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kelly-Ann and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kelly-Ann without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Kelly-Ann

Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2783 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #3409 and #938.
Jude Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1480 and #1571 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3225 and #1060.
Rita Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1480 and #1571 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3225 and #1107.
Jayden Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1480 and #1823 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3225 and #1261.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2009. Highest recorded position: #705 in Republic of Ireland in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Kelly-Ann

Kelly-Ann at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kelly-Ann across 2 official records

Kelly-Ann appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Kelly-Ann

Kelly-Ann and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Kelly-Ann

Kelly-Ann at a glance

Kelly-Ann across 2 official records

Kelly-Ann appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Kelly-Ann

Kelly-Ann and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Kelly-Ann