Keily — #978 US girls' name
5,161 babies named Keily in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 94% of names given to girls today.
46% of everyone ever named Keily was born in this single decade.
328 babies were named Keily in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Keily
The Social Security Administration has registered 5,161 babies named Keily between 1969 and 2024, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Keily currently holds the #978 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 328 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Keily performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,356 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Keily shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 987 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Keily in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Keily 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 5,161 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.
Keily at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Keily popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1969
- Peak year (2018)
- 328
- Annual births at peak — across 56 years of records
Currently ranks #978 among girls.
5,161 total births across 56 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 328 births in a single year.
Keily popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 2019 (Keily as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Keily accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Keily by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 2,356 births that decade — 46% of Keily's all-time total
Keily decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,356 births
- Runner-up 1,381 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Keily's strongest decade
2,356 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Keily by state
Where Keily concentrates geographically — total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 987 | 19.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 691 | 13.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 443 | 8.6% |
| #4 | Florida | | 337 | 6.5% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 220 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 183 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 159 | 3.1% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 152 | 2.9% |
987 of 5,161 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 26 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 19.1% of nationwide
- Texas 13.4% of nationwide
- New York 8.6% of nationwide
- Florida 6.5% of nationwide
- New Jersey 4.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 26 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 19.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Keily appears in 26 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1969–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.