Kelilah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ke-LEE-la
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Kelilah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
Where does Kelilah come from?
Hebrew: probably a spelling of Kelila
Is Kelilah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kelilah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kelilah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 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, 3 girls in the UK were named Kelilah, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 5 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Kelilah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
How popular is Kelilah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,916th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 171% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Kelilah, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Kelilah in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kelilah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,743 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
Names like Kelilah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Delilah, Kehlani, Keziah, Kalani, Hadassah, Noa, Khalilah, Deborah, Zemirah, Tehillah, Hannah, Hephzibah
Names related to Kelilah
Kalila, Kaliah, Kalilah, Keila, Kelia, Keilah, Kelli, Kaelah, Kaleiah
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Kelilah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kelilah, updated 20 October 2026.