Kelia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEL-ee-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Kelia is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
Where does Kelia come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps from Kelly or Kalia
Is Kelia a girl's or a boy's name?
Kelia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kelia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,489th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Kelia, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 1960.
2025 had fewer girls named Kelia than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Kelia in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kelia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 28 | #4,377 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,307 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 31 | #3,727 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,713 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,301 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,665 |
| 1994 | 34 | #3,297 |
| 1993 | 35 | #3,216 |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,437 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,618 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,679 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,760 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
Names like Kelia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiara, Kiana, Kaylee, Cassidy, Kianna, Brianna, Kennedy, Kylie, Mckenna, Fiona, Kayla, Keyla
Names related to Kelia
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Kelia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kelia, updated 20 October 2026.