Kelli — #7288 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kelli

The Social Security Administration has registered 74,875 babies named Kelli between 1945 and 2024, spanning 80 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kelli currently holds the #7288 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 3,331 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kelli performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 21,542 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Kelli shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6,604 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Kelli in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kelli 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 74,875 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.