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Kelly-Ann

Gender
Girl
Say it
KEL-ee-AN
Origin
Irish

Kelly-Ann is a girls' name of Irish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Kelly-Ann mean?

Irish: Kelly + Ann

Joins Kelly (Irish) and Ann (Hebrew, “favour, grace”).

Meanings borrowed from Kelly and Ann.

Is Kelly-Ann a girl's or a boy's name?

Kelly-Ann is a girls' name.

How popular is Kelly-Ann in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 15 girls.

Half of all the girls named Kelly-Ann in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2002. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 15 in 19962023
Kelly-Ann in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20231#7,582
20220–
20210–
20200–
20190–
20180–
20170–
20160–
20150–
20141#7,592
20130–
20120–
20110–
20100–
20090–
20080–
20070–
20060–
20054#4,150
20047#2,669
20031#5,865
20024#3,556
20016#2,587
20000–
19994#3,374
199813#1,505
19976#2,552
199615#1,309

Names like Kelly-Ann

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Kelly-Ann: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kelly-ann, updated 20 October 2026.