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UK girl's name

Kelly-Marie

For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2016. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.

Kelly-Marie is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Kelly-Marie popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2016 in this profile. In that release it ranked #4763, with 4 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 1996, with 16 births.

This profile covers 74 England and Wales registrations across 10 recorded years from 1996 to 2016. 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 25% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.

We estimate that about 122 living people in the UK are called Kelly-Marie. 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 2017 or 2026.

Key insights

  • Kelly-Marie ranked #4763 for girls in England and Wales in 2016, with 4 registrations.
  • The name peaked in 1996, when 16 girls were registered as Kelly-Marie.
  • Kelly-Marie ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #358 in 1997.
  • About 122 living people in the UK are estimated to have Kelly-Marie as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.

Latest rank (E&W)

#4763

2016

Births in 2016

4

Latest year

Peak year

1996

16 births

Estimated living

122

2026

Popularity

Kelly-Marie over time

The chart below shows babies named Kelly-Marie registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2016. 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-Marie, the clearest high point is 1996. The latest England and Wales figure is 4 births in 2016, compared with 16 at the peak.

Babies born per year

Kelly-Marie
0481216199620062016

Decades

Kelly-Marie by decade

Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Kelly-Marie 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 #4763 4 1
2000s #3393 24 5
1990s #1637 46 4

Geography

Where Kelly-Marie is most common

The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Kelly-Marie. 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-Marie ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #358 in 1997.

Northern Ireland
3
Scotland
3

Across the UK

Kelly-Marie in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Scotland (NRS)

#629 in 1994

10 years of NRS records, 46 total registered

Northern Ireland (NISRA)

#358 in 1997

1 years of NISRA records, 3 total registered

Related

Names similar to Kelly-Marie

FAQ

Kelly-Marie: questions and answers

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

In 2016, Kelly-Marie was ranked #4763 for girls in England and Wales, with 4 births registered.

When was Kelly-Marie most popular?

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

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

A total of 74 babies have been registered as Kelly-Marie across the 10 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 46 more in Scotland and 3 in Northern Ireland.

Where is Kelly-Marie most common?

In the latest published local rankings, Kelly-Marie 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.