Kelis — #4437 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kelis

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,845 babies named Kelis between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kelis currently holds the #4437 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 277 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kelis performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,543 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kelis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 269 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Kelis in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kelis 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 2,845 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.