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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
#5,990among girls
Babies in 2025
3about 1 in 93,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo 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.

2019Busiest: 5 in 20232025
Kelilah in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20253#5,990
20240–
20235#4,251
20220–
20210–
20200–
20194#4,904

How popular is Kelilah in the US?

Rank in 2025
#5,916among girls
Babies in 2025
20about 1 in 80,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 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.

1999Busiest: 28 in 20232025
Kelilah in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202520#5,916
202428#4,770
202328#4,743
202219#6,224
202111#8,973
20208#11,085
201910#9,730
201810#9,801
20177#12,709
201612#8,872
20158#11,830
20140–
20139#10,995
20128#12,193
20116#14,816
20105#16,985
200911#9,971
20085#17,498
20070–
200610#10,606
20050–
20040–
20030–
20020–
20010–
20005#15,024
19996#12,681

Names like Kelilah

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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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.