Kelly-Marie

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kelly-Marie: 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-Marie: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #358, and it was last ranked in 2016.

2registrars recorded it
11times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#358highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2016

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1168
1997	#1543
1998	#1392
1999	#2444
2000	#3247
2001	#2783
2003	#3594
2004	#2278
2006	#5061
2016	#4763

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 10 of the 21 years from 1996 to 2016.

In 1997: #358 among girls in Northern Ireland, #1543 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2016 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1168 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
Most recent2016
Most recently recorded at #4763 among girls in England and Wales, in 2016.
England and Wales · Girls

Kelly-Marie by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kelly-Marie in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	46	4 of 10	12
2000sbusiest	24	5 of 10	5
2010s	4	1 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kelly-Marie appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2016. Highest recorded position: #358 in Northern Ireland in 1997.

Kelly-Marie'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
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1392	13	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1543	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1168	16	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA

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 2016, ranked in 10 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #358, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 9 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 1 year 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
9 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#4,763position in 2016, its most recent recorded year
1 yearyears between the first and last registrar to record itWithin 2 years →
16births 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.

Kelly · #3, 61y
Kelly-Ann · #705, 11y
Kelsea · #425, 22y
Kelsey · #48, 37y

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.

Tory · #358, 14y
Erin-Rose · #355, 14y
Kelli · #362, 15y
Lyn · #362, 14y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alanis · #358, 30y
Aqib · #358, 29y
Cortney · #358, 16y
Ella-May · #358, 29y

Kelly-Marie was ranked #358 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 1997. 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-Marie 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 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kelly-Marie without appearing here.

Kelly-Marie moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5061 and #2781 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #5785.
Geraldine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5061 and #3116 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #5785.
Vicki Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3594 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #2278 and #3197.

Moved ahead of Kelly-Marie

Janice Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2278 and #2530 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #5061 and #1502.
Amalie Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2783 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3594 and #965.
Linnea Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2278 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #5061 and #2509.
Lynette Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2278 and #2530 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #5061 and #2509.

Moved the opposite way to Kelly-Marie

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Kelly-Marie went from #1168 to #4763 while Ada went from #2683 to #164.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Kelly-Marie went from #1168 to #4763 while Alma went from #2096 to #529.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Kelly-Marie went from #1168 to #4763 while Alyssa went from #783 to #198.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Kelly-Marie went from #1168 to #4763 while Amalie went from #2096 to #703.

Moved the same way as Kelly-Marie

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Kelly-Marie went from #1168 to #4763 and Abigail from #21 to #58.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Kelly-Marie went from #1168 to #4763 and Aimee from #70 to #400.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Kelly-Marie went from #1168 to #4763 and Aisling from #440 to #1416.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Kelly-Marie went from #1168 to #4763 and Alex from #161 to #1416.

What's not yet available

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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 2016. Highest recorded position: #358 in Northern Ireland in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

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