Keli — #15559 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Keli

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,349 babies named Keli between 1955 and 2024, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Keli currently holds the #15559 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 190 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Keli performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 1,286 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Keli shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 356 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Keli in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Keli 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 4,349 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.