Girls' name · since 1957
Keely
Keely has 12,698 recorded births since 1957 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,446 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,730 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,698
- born since 1957
- 2000s
- peak decade
Keely currently ranks #2730 among girls' names in America, with 12,698 babies recorded since 1957.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keely has been recorded 12,698 times among girls since 1957, currently ranked #2730 nationally and more common than 84% 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 1957 to 2025.
- #1,446 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,730 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 12,698 born since 1957
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keely ranks #1,446 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,730 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 12,698 born since 1957, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,446 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,730 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,698
- born since 1957
- 2000s
- peak decade
Keely's 12,698 recorded births place it above 98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
44 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Keely compares
12,698 Top 8% higher than 92% 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
Keely's all-time total is 34x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Keely | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 12,698 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 555 | 21 | 19,840 |
Keely's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Keely's SSA record in two at 1991 and the more recent half accounts for 66% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 34%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1957, with only 7 births recorded -- set against the 1997 peak of 555, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Keely popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 555
- Annual births at peak, across 69 years of records
Keely popularity over time - boys
21 total births recorded since 1988 (Keely as boys' name)
Keely by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (3,659 births, 29% of the file).
2000s was Keely's strongest decade.
3,659 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Keely births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 210
1950s
210 births
- 1960s 741
1960s
741 births
- 1970s 1,305
1970s
1,305 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,733 births
- 1990s
1990s
3,342 births
- 2000s
2000s
3,659 births
- 2010s 1,258
2010s
1,258 births
- 2020s 450
2020s
450 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 3,659 births (29% of all-time use).
How Keely 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 Keely's total volume
Keely by state
Where Keely concentrates geographically, total births since 1957
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,175 | 9.3% |
| #2 | California | | 1,037 | 8.2% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 449 | 3.5% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 416 | 3.3% |
| #5 | Florida | | 369 | 2.9% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 346 | 2.7% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 342 | 2.7% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 339 | 2.7% |
1,175 of 12,698 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 44 reporting states.
Keely appears in 44 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Keely's data
- Keely's decade-level peak was the 2000s (3,659 total births); usage has since declined to 450 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Keelys (1,175 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
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Keely: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~68 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, 1957–2025 (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 Keely 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.