Girls' name · since 1986
Keley
Keley has 22 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1987 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 22
- total births
- 1986–1990
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 73%
- born in that decade
22 girls have been named Keley since 1986, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keley has been recorded 22 times among girls since 1986, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 1990.
- 22 total births
- 1986–1990 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 73% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Keley's 22 recorded births place it above 38% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Keley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Keley's SSA record in two at 1989 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1986, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1987 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Keley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1990
- Peak year (1987)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Keley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Keley's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Keley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
16 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 16 births (73% of all-time use).
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- Keley's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (16 total births) through the 1990s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1986–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Keley: Baby Name Since 1986 - 22 Births, Peak 1987." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/keley. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Keley 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 July 2026.