Kealey
Kealey is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Ben Kealey, the English touring keyboardist for the rock band Kasabian Gregory Kealey, professor, historian, editor, provost Mitchell Kealey, Australian middle-distance runner Steve Kealey, former Major League Baseball pitcher Terence Kealey, British biochemist, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Buckingham Tom Kealey, American writer
Meaning & Origin of Kealey
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kealey is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Ben Kealey, the English touring keyboardist for the rock band Kasabian Gregory Kealey, professor, historian, editor, provost Mitchell Kealey, Australian middle-distance runner Steve Kealey, former Major League Baseball pitcher Terence Kealey, British biochemist, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Buckingham Tom Kealey, American writer
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The Story of Kealey
Kealey first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1988, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1999: 24 births, good for #4,576 nationwide. About 47% of every Kealey on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Kealey last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 381 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Kealey
Kealey is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1988 and has accumulated 381 births in the dataset. Kealey's peak popularity came in 1999 when it ranked #4,576. Use the chart and map above to compare Kealey's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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