Boys' name · since 1974
Kealii
284 babies named Kealii in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,918 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,935 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 284
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
284 babies have been named Kealii since 1974, making it today's #9935 boys' name.
Kealii has 284 recorded births among boys since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9935 as of the latest data, more common than 29% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2025.
- #10,918 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,935 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 284 born since 1974
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kealii ranks #10,918 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,935 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 284 born since 1974, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,918 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,935 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 284
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kealii's 284 recorded births place it above 75.96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Hawaii.
How Kealii compares
284 44th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kealii's all-time total is 23% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kealii | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 284 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kealii's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kealii's full recorded timeline at 2005, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1974, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kealii popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (1996)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Kealii by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (66 births, 23% of the file).
2000s was Kealii's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Kealii births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 17
1970s
17 births
- 1980s 24
1980s
24 births
- 1990s
1990s
60 births
- 2000s
2000s
66 births
- 2010s
2010s
65 births
- 2020s
2020s
52 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 66 births (23% of all-time use).
Kealii by state
Where Kealii concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 127 | 44.7% |
127 of 284 births nationwide.
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What to do with Kealii's data
- Kealii's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (66 total births) through the 2020s (52) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Hawaii records the most Kealiis (127 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Hawaii names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kealii: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~51 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1974–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kealii draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.