How popular is the name Keli?

Keli ranks 1,480th among girls' names in US records, with 9,264 births since 1951. Over the past decade it accounts for 142.

Is Keli a unisex name?

No. Keli is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1979, when 384 children were given the name. It has been in use for 74 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Kellee. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#1,480 of girl names

Pronounced K EH1 L IY1 (ARPABET)

Keli is a girls' name, and first appears in 1951. It has been given to 9,264 children — the 1,480th most common girls' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 142 births across the past decade, against a peak of 384 in a single year. That peak was in 1979.

Kellee is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

1979Girls: 384Boys: 0

These spellings sound identical to Keli and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Keli?: Keli ranks 1,480th among girls' names in US records, with 9,264 births since 1951. Over the past decade it accounts for 142.
Is Keli a unisex name?: No. Keli is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Keli most popular?: 1979, when 384 children were given the name. It has been in use for 74 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Keli spelled?: Kellee. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.