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UK girl's name

Kelly-Anne

For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2012. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.

Kelly-Anne is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Kelly-Anne popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2012 in this profile. In that release it ranked #5876, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 1996, with 16 births.

This profile covers 50 England and Wales registrations across 7 recorded years from 1996 to 2012. The figures come from ONS England and Wales, NRS Scotland and NISRA Northern Ireland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.

The latest count is about 19% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.

We estimate that about 175 living people in the UK are called Kelly-Anne. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2013 or 2026.

Key insights

  • Kelly-Anne ranked #5876 for girls in England and Wales in 2012, with 3 registrations.
  • The name peaked in 1996, when 16 girls were registered as Kelly-Anne.
  • Kelly-Anne ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #358 in 1997.
  • About 175 living people in the UK are estimated to have Kelly-Anne as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.

Latest rank (E&W)

#5876

2012

Births in 2012

3

Latest year

Peak year

1996

16 births

Estimated living

175

2026

Popularity

Kelly-Anne over time

The chart below shows babies named Kelly-Anne registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2012. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.

For Kelly-Anne, the clearest high point is 1996. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2012, compared with 16 at the peak.

Babies born per year

Kelly-Anne
0481216199620042012

Decades

Kelly-Anne by decade

Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Kelly-Anne was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.

Decade Average rank Total births Years covered
2010s #5876 3 1
2000s #3753 12 3
1990s #1600 35 3

Geography

Where Kelly-Anne is most common

The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Kelly-Anne. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.

Kelly-Anne ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #358 in 1997.

Scotland
4
Northern Ireland
3

Across the UK

Kelly-Anne in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Scotland (NRS)

#558 in 1998

16 years of NRS records, 124 total registered

Northern Ireland (NISRA)

#358 in 1997

1 years of NISRA records, 3 total registered

Notable bearers

Famous people named Kelly-Anne

  • Kelly-Anne Sampere

    basketball player

    Gibraltarian basketball player (born 1988)

    1988-

  • Kelly-Anne Smith

    actor; continuity announcer; radio personality; narrator

    British voice-over artist and presenter

    1979-

  • Kelly-Anne Wilson

    fencer

    fencer

    1975-

Related

Names similar to Kelly-Anne

FAQ

Kelly-Anne: questions and answers

How popular is the name Kelly-Anne in the UK right now?

In 2012, Kelly-Anne was ranked #5876 for girls in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.

When was Kelly-Anne most popular?

The peak year on record was 1996, with 16 babies registered as Kelly-Anne in England and Wales.

How many people are called Kelly-Anne in the UK?

A total of 50 babies have been registered as Kelly-Anne across the 7 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 124 more in Scotland and 3 in Northern Ireland.

Where is Kelly-Anne most common?

In the latest published local rankings, Kelly-Anne ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #358 in 1997. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.

Which records is this page based on?

The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.