Kelty
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEL-tee
- Origin
- Scottish
Kelty is a girls' name of Scottish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kelty mean?
Scottish: from the Scottish place name and surname Kelty
From Kelty, a town in Fife, Scotland, which also gives the surname.
Is Kelty a girl's or a boy's name?
Kelty is a girls' name.
How popular is Kelty in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1986.
Half of all the girls named Kelty in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kelty in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
Names like Kelty
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kinley Teagan Kennedy Cassidy Keiry Kenley Keely Finley Brynlee Keegan Brynn Keeley
Names related to Kelty
More Scottish names
Isla Logan Arabella Cameron Bonnie Paisley Brody Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye Knox Dallas
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kelty: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kelty, updated 20 October 2026.