Kiely — #13758 US girls' name
843 babies named Kiely in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 22% of names given to girls today.
43% of everyone ever named Kiely was born in this single decade.
52 babies were named Kiely in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kiely
The Social Security Administration has registered 843 babies named Kiely between 1969 and 2024, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kiely currently holds the #13758 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 52 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kiely performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 365 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kiely shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 99 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Massachusetts and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Kiely in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kiely 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 843 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.
Kiely at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kiely popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1969
- Peak year (2008)
- 52
- Annual births at peak — across 56 years of records
Currently ranks #13758 among girls.
843 total births across 56 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 52 births in a single year.
Kiely by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 365 births that decade — 43% of Kiely's all-time total
Kiely decade highlights
- Peak decade 365 births
- Runner-up 197 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kiely's strongest decade
365 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Kiely by state
Where Kiely concentrates geographically — total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 99 | 11.7% |
| #2 | Massachusetts | | 11 | 1.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 7 | 0.8% |
| #4 | Texas | | 5 | 0.6% |
99 of 843 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 11.7% of nationwide
- Massachusetts 1.3% of nationwide
- New York 0.8% of nationwide
- Texas 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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.