Girls' name · since 1976
Keelee
Keelee has 463 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,415 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 463
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
463 girls have been named Keelee since 1976, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keelee has been recorded 463 times among girls since 1976, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2020.
- #12,415 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 463 born since 1976
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keelee ranks #12,415 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 463 born since 1976, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,415 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 463
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Keelee's 463 recorded births place it above 82.81% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Keelee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Keelee splits its recorded history at 2003: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1986 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 43 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Keelee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2020
- Peak year (2007)
- 43
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Keelee by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (223 births, 48% of the file).
2000s was Keelee's strongest decade.
223 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Keelee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 25
1980s
25 births
- 1990s
1990s
94 births
- 2000s
2000s
223 births
- 2010s
2010s
108 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 223 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Keelee's decade-level peak was the 2000s (223 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Keelee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1976–2020 (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 Keelee 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.