Keelie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEE-lee
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Keelie is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
Where does Keelie come from?
Irish: variant of Keely, from an Irish surname
Is Keelie a girl's or a boy's name?
Keelie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keelie in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 21 girls.
Half of all the girls named Keelie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Keelie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 21 | #1,319 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,692 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,488 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,730 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,553 |
| 2001 | 17 | #1,261 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,689 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 15 | #1,333 |
| 1996 | 15 | #1,309 |
How popular is Keelie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Keelie, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 75 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.
Half of all the girls named Keelie in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 95 girls in the US were given Keelie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,748, up from #8,858 for this spelling alone.
Keelie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,724 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 43 | #3,571 |
| 2012 | 48 | #3,363 |
| 2011 | 55 | #3,050 |
| 2010 | 65 | #2,726 |
| 2009 | 48 | #3,408 |
| 2008 | 71 | #2,609 |
| 2007 | 75 | #2,485 |
| 2006 | 69 | #2,602 |
| 2005 | 57 | #2,861 |
| 2004 | 47 | #3,220 |
| 2003 | 48 | #3,082 |
| 2002 | 50 | #2,931 |
| 2001 | 41 | #3,312 |
| 2000 | 45 | #3,066 |
| 1999 | 47 | #2,851 |
| 1998 | 46 | #2,843 |
| 1997 | 51 | #2,508 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,937 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,513 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,244 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 31 | #3,497 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 24 | #4,115 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,853 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 15 | #3,941 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,037 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
Names like Keelie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira, Caoimhe, Cassidy, Teagan, Kiara, Caragh, Bree, Raegan, Eden, Niamh, Ffion, Aoife
Other spellings of Keelie
Names related to Keelie
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Keelie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keelie, updated 20 October 2026.