Keli
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEL-ee
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Keli is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Keli mean?
Irish: spelling of Kelly, from Ó Ceallaigh
A spelling of Kelly, from the Irish surname Ó Ceallaigh, one of the most common surnames in Ireland.
Is Keli a girl's or a boy's name?
Keli is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keli in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Keli, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1979, with 190 girls. It first appears in the records in 1955.
Half of all the girls named Keli in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 378 girls in the US were given Keli or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #729, up from #10,913 for this spelling alone.
Keli in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 33 | #4,030 |
| 2002 | 38 | #3,519 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,205 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 39 | #3,242 |
| 1998 | 30 | #3,828 |
| 1997 | 38 | #3,102 |
| 1996 | 36 | #3,232 |
| 1995 | 48 | #2,583 |
| 1994 | 52 | #2,427 |
| 1993 | 66 | #2,063 |
| 1992 | 76 | #1,851 |
| 1991 | 82 | #1,746 |
| 1990 | 86 | #1,697 |
| 1989 | 96 | #1,493 |
| 1988 | 108 | #1,326 |
| 1987 | 114 | #1,240 |
| 1986 | 125 | #1,142 |
| 1985 | 119 | #1,185 |
| 1984 | 109 | #1,197 |
| 1983 | 138 | #1,019 |
| 1982 | 131 | #1,083 |
| 1981 | 146 | #998 |
| 1980 | 172 | #889 |
| 1979 | 190 | #824 |
| 1978 | 168 | #873 |
| 1977 | 178 | #838 |
| 1976 | 130 | #980 |
| 1975 | 103 | #1,127 |
| 1974 | 95 | #1,176 |
| 1973 | 92 | #1,175 |
| 1972 | 105 | #1,084 |
| 1971 | 115 | #1,047 |
| 1970 | 109 | #1,088 |
| 1969 | 110 | #1,042 |
| 1968 | 103 | #1,022 |
| 1967 | 87 | #1,133 |
| 1966 | 130 | #879 |
| 1965 | 114 | #957 |
| 1964 | 66 | #1,383 |
| 1963 | 59 | #1,449 |
| 1962 | 71 | #1,314 |
| 1961 | 65 | #1,386 |
| 1960 | 44 | #1,694 |
| 1959 | 28 | #2,151 |
| 1958 | 32 | #1,938 |
| 1957 | 18 | #2,726 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,492 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,375 |
Names like Keli
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Codi, Keely, Bridget, Kodi, Brenna, Cassidy, Keegan, Heidi, Casey, Regan, Kaitlyn, Ryan
Other spellings of Keli
Names related to Keli
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Kennedy, Callan
Sources
Figures from 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, “Keli: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keli, updated 20 October 2026.