Keely
Girl · KEE-lee · Irish
Keely is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,719th for girls in the US (63 babies).
What does Keely mean?
Irish: from an Irish surname
Taken from the Irish surname Keely or Kealy, which is often linked to Irish caol 'slender'.
- Say it
- KEE-lee
More on Wiktionary.
Is Keely a girl's or a boy's name?
Keely is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 63 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keely in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 135 girls.
Half of all the girls named Keely in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2005. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Keely in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 18 | #1,696 |
| 2010 | 27 | #1,262 |
| 2009 | 20 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 32 | #1,034 |
| 2007 | 57 | #676 |
| 2006 | 54 | #655 |
| 2005 | 80 | #496 |
| 2004 | 70 | #515 |
| 2003 | 101 | #400 |
| 2002 | 80 | #445 |
| 2001 | 86 | #417 |
| 2000 | 98 | #377 |
| 1999 | 87 | #405 |
| 1998 | 89 | #397 |
| 1997 | 116 | #335 |
| 1996 | 135 | #298 |
How popular is Keely in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,719among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 63about 1 in 26,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 63 girls in the US were named Keely, making it the 2,719th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,549th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 555 girls. It first appears in the records in 1957.
2025 had fewer girls named Keely than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Keely in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 95 girls in the US were given Keely or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,748, up from #2,719 for this spelling alone.
Keely in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | #2,719 |
| 2024 | 94 | #2,053 |
| 2023 | 66 | #2,646 |
| 2022 | 87 | #2,174 |
| 2021 | 73 | #2,440 |
| 2020 | 67 | #2,549 |
| 2019 | 57 | #2,891 |
| 2018 | 85 | #2,190 |
| 2017 | 81 | #2,283 |
| 2016 | 86 | #2,221 |
| 2015 | 99 | #1,996 |
| 2014 | 131 | #1,634 |
| 2013 | 149 | #1,487 |
| 2012 | 171 | #1,364 |
| 2011 | 185 | #1,280 |
| 2010 | 214 | #1,143 |
| 2009 | 286 | #936 |
| 2008 | 335 | #842 |
| 2007 | 399 | #730 |
| 2006 | 407 | #698 |
| 2005 | 318 | #812 |
| 2004 | 335 | #771 |
| 2003 | 368 | #709 |
| 2002 | 397 | #640 |
| 2001 | 398 | #632 |
| 2000 | 416 | #610 |
| 1999 | 382 | #622 |
| 1998 | 466 | #537 |
| 1997 | 555 | #455 |
| 1996 | 454 | #518 |
| 1995 | 205 | #916 |
| 1994 | 227 | #862 |
| 1993 | 239 | #825 |
| 1992 | 288 | #733 |
| 1991 | 259 | #788 |
| 1990 | 267 | #765 |
| 1989 | 211 | #871 |
| 1988 | 158 | #1,024 |
| 1987 | 152 | #1,016 |
| 1986 | 177 | #909 |
| 1985 | 180 | #886 |
| 1984 | 202 | #792 |
| 1983 | 157 | #942 |
| 1982 | 183 | #850 |
| 1981 | 155 | #948 |
| 1980 | 158 | #948 |
| 1979 | 171 | #885 |
| 1978 | 182 | #822 |
| 1977 | 137 | #992 |
| 1976 | 119 | #1,036 |
| 1975 | 140 | #923 |
| 1974 | 133 | #935 |
| 1973 | 123 | #963 |
| 1972 | 99 | #1,116 |
| 1971 | 88 | #1,253 |
| 1970 | 113 | #1,074 |
| 1969 | 123 | #965 |
| 1968 | 77 | #1,244 |
| 1967 | 55 | #1,506 |
| 1966 | 41 | #1,766 |
| 1965 | 40 | #1,801 |
| 1964 | 56 | #1,518 |
| 1963 | 74 | #1,280 |
| 1962 | 69 | #1,332 |
| 1961 | 88 | #1,175 |
| 1960 | 118 | #986 |
| 1959 | 119 | #964 |
| 1958 | 84 | #1,156 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
Names like Keely
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira Cassidy Caoimhe Teagan Caragh Raegan Aoibheann Bree Kiara Ffion Kennedy Eden
Other spellings of Keely
Names related to Keely
Kelly Keeley Keela Kealey Kealy Keiley Kelley Keily Kaely Keylee
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