Kelli
#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births · Last seen for boys in 1998 at #9,631
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1970 · 3,331 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 74,891since 1945
Kelli over time
Rank among girls' names. Kelli has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,546 | 17 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,549 | 22 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,309 | 24 | — | |
| 2021 | #5,398 | 23 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,263 | 32 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,788 | 39 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,918 | 37 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,576 | 30 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,777 | 40 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,705 | 41 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,137 | 52 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,645 | 42 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,679 | 66 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,638 | 67 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,451 | 76 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,076 | 98 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,824 | 118 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,695 | 129 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,462 | 152 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,185 | 194 | — | |
| 2004 | #926 | 260 | — | |
| 2003 | #775 | 320 | — | |
| 2002 | #682 | 368 | — | |
| 2001 | #573 | 448 | — | |
| 2000 | #537 | 483 | — | |
| 1999 | #477 | 549 | — | |
| 1998 | #450 | 572 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #387 | 670 | — | |
| 1996 | #350 | 792 | — | |
| 1995 | #301 | 923 | — | |
| 1994 | #263 | 1,063 | — | |
| 1993 | #227 | 1,229 | — | |
| 1992 | #216 | 1,336 | — | |
| 1991 | #197 | 1,498 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #181 | 1,605 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #165 | 1,734 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #150 | 1,864 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #131 | 2,110 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | #142 | 2,000 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #142 | 2,059 | #4,052 | 10 |
| 1984 | #147 | 1,981 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #136 | 2,162 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #127 | 2,373 | #3,282 | 13 |
| 1981 | #126 | 2,280 | #2,338 | 21 |
| 1980 | #125 | 2,486 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1979 | #129 | 2,218 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #124 | 2,326 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #117 | 2,466 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #147 | 1,820 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #152 | 1,768 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | #168 | 1,606 | #2,799 | 13 |
| 1973 | #157 | 1,725 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #150 | 1,899 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #135 | 2,381 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #115 | 3,331 | #2,621 | 13 |
| 1969 | #115 | 3,055 | #2,308 | 14 |
| 1968 | #137 | 2,321 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #174 | 1,810 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #190 | 1,730 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #215 | 1,538 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #212 | 1,650 | — | |
| 1963 | #235 | 1,385 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #240 | 1,317 | — | |
| 1961 | #275 | 1,106 | — | |
| 1960 | #301 | 955 | — | |
| 1959 | #346 | 762 | — | |
| 1958 | #399 | 533 | — | |
| 1957 | #569 | 288 | — | |
| 1956 | #869 | 132 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,034 | 94 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,256 | 62 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,261 | 59 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,820 | 30 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,391 | 18 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 | — | |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | — | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | — | |
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Kelli! It came in at #4,556, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1945–1948, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Kelli
- 705 spots since 2024 (#7,251 → #6,546)
- 2,283 spots since 2020 (#4,263 → #6,546)
- 2,841 spots since 2015 (#3,705 → #6,546)
- Biggest jump: 300 spots in 1957 (#869 → #569)
- Biggest drop: 259 spots in 2005 (#926 → #1,185)
- Debuted 1945
- Peaked 1970 at #115 (3,331 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 49 yrs · run 1956–2004
- Highest: 1 in 525 girls born in 1970 were named Kelli (0.19%)
- Latest: 1 in 94,545 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 28.8% of all girls named Kelli (21,540) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 19 | #3,612 (1949) | #4,488 |
| 1950s | 1,986 | #346 (1959) | #1,391 |
| 1960s | 16,867 | #115 (1969) | #209 |
| 1970s | 21,540 | #115 (1970) | #139 |
| 1980s | 21,049 | #125 (1980) | #139 |
| 1990s | 10,237 | #181 (1990) | #305 |
| 2000s | 2,570 | #537 (2000) | #1,174 |
| 2010s | 490 | #2,451 (2010) | #3,431 |
| 2020s | 133 | #4,263 (2020) | #5,719 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kelli in 1967
Top girls' names in 1967
Top boys' names in 1967
More about 1967
girls
1,651,025 girls got a published name in 1967; 1 in 912 of them was named Kelli, which outranked 97.8% of the 7,852 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,743,811 boys got a published name in 1967; 1 in 348,762 of them was named Kelli, which outranked 12.9% of the 4,551 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 585 names at #3,966; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.