Girls' name · since 1962
Keelie
Keelie has 1,516 recorded births since 1962 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,661 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,964 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,516
- born since 1962
- 2000s
- peak decade
1,516 babies have been named Keelie since 1962, making it today's #8964 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keelie has been recorded 1,516 times among girls since 1962, currently ranked #8964 nationally and more common than 48% of girls, 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 1962 to 2025.
- #5,661 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,964 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,516 born since 1962
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keelie ranks #5,661 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,964 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,516 born since 1962, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,661 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,964 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,516
- born since 1962
- 2000s
- peak decade
Keelie's 1,516 recorded births place it above 92.17% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Keelie compares
1,516 Top 26% higher than 74% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Keelie's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Keelie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,516 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 75 | 21 | 19,840 |
Keelie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Keelie's SSA record in two at 1996 and the more recent half accounts for 76% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 24%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1962, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 75, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Keelie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 75
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Keelie by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (551 births, 36% of the file).
2000s was Keelie's strongest decade.
551 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Keelie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 27
1960s
27 births
- 1970s 85
1970s
85 births
- 1980s 114
1980s
114 births
- 1990s
1990s
305 births
- 2000s
2000s
551 births
- 2010s
2010s
354 births
- 2020s 80
2020s
80 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 551 births (36% of all-time use).
How Keelie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Keelie's total volume
Keelie by state
Where Keelie concentrates geographically, total births since 1962
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 105 | 6.9% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 12 | 0.8% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 11 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Oklahoma | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #6 | Arkansas | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #7 | California | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.3% |
105 of 1,516 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Keelie appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Keelie's data
- Keelie's decade-level peak was the 2000s (551 total births); usage has since declined to 80 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Keelies (105 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Keelie
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Keelie: 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 (~63 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, 1962–2025 (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 Keelie 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.