Keely — #2066 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Keely

The Social Security Administration has registered 12,633 babies named Keely between 1957 and 2024, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Keely currently holds the #2066 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 555 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Keely performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 3,659 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Keely shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,168 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Keely in 44 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Keely in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 12,633 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.