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

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Peak · girls
1970 · 3,331 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
74,891
since 1945

Kelli over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kelli has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201983peak #115, 1970girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,54617
2024#7,25115
2023#5,54922
2022#5,30924
2021#5,39823
2020#4,26332
2019#3,78839
2018#3,91837
2017#4,57630
2016#3,77740
2015#3,70541
2014#3,13752
2013#3,64542
2012#2,67966
2011#2,63867
2010#2,45176
2009#2,07698
2008#1,824118
2007#1,695129
2006#1,462152
2005#1,185194
2004#926260
2003#775320
2002#682368
2001#573448
2000#537483
1999#477549
1998#450572#9,6315
1997#387670
1996#350792
1995#301923
1994#2631,063
1993#2271,229
1992#2161,336
1991#1971,498#5,09610
1990#1811,605#4,67311
1989#1651,734#4,27112
1988#1501,864#3,70513
1987#1312,110#3,95911
1986#1422,000#4,13010
1985#1422,059#4,05210
1984#1471,981#3,92510
1983#1362,162#3,88410
1982#1272,373#3,28213
1981#1262,280#2,33821
1980#1252,486#2,83116
1979#1292,218#3,56911
1978#1242,326#5,7725
1977#1172,466#3,8369
1976#1471,820#3,7249
1975#1521,768#3,42810
1974#1681,606#2,79913
1973#1571,725#3,6948
1972#1501,899#3,3449
1971#1352,381#3,14610
1970#1153,331#2,62113
1969#1153,055#2,30814
1968#1372,321#3,1078
1967#1741,810#3,9665
1966#1901,730#2,9868
1965#2151,538#3,2447
1964#2121,650
1963#2351,385#2,67310
1962#2401,317
1961#2751,106
1960#301955
1959#346762
1958#399533
1957#569288
1956#869132
1955#1,03494
1954#1,25662
1953#1,26159
1952#1,82030
1951#2,39118
1950#3,9628
1949#3,6129
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1945#4,5565
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First appearance
1945

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.

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Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1945
  • Peaked 1970 at #115 (3,331 births)
  • Births halved by 1974, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 49 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 49 yrs · run 1956–2004
Share of babies · girls
1 in 525
  • Highest: 1 in 525 girls born in 1970 were named Kelli (0.19%)
  • Latest: 1 in 94,545 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 28.8% of all girls named Kelli (21,540) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s19#3,612 (1949)#4,488
1950s1,986#346 (1959)#1,391
1960s16,867#115 (1969)#209
1970s21,540#115 (1970)#139
1980s21,049#125 (1980)#139
1990s10,237#181 (1990)#305
2000s2,570#537 (2000)#1,174
2010s490#2,451 (2010)#3,431
2020s133#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 1983

girls
#136
2,162 births · 1 in 773 girls
boys
#3,884
10 births · 1 in 179,256 boys

Top girls' names in 1983

  1. #1Jennifer54,353
  2. #2Jessica45,283
  3. #3Amanda33,749
  4. #4Ashley33,289
  5. #5Sarah27,228
  6. #6Melissa23,475
  7. #7Nicole22,400
  8. #8Stephanie22,329
  9. #9Heather20,747
  10. #10Elizabeth19,842
  11. #136Kelli2,162

Top boys' names in 1983

  1. #1Michael68,004
  2. #2Christopher59,324
  3. #3Matthew50,209
  4. #4David39,201
  5. #5Joshua36,687
  6. #6James36,342
  7. #7Jason35,113
  8. #8Daniel34,748
  9. #9John33,154
  10. #10Robert32,745
  11. #3,884Kelli10
More about 1983

girls

1,670,609 girls got a published name in 1983; 1 in 773 of them was named Kelli, which outranked 98.9% of the 12,074 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kelli
  1. #133Kristy2,242
  2. #134Tanya2,227
  3. #135Ebony2,219
  4. #136Kelli2,162
  5. #137Tabitha2,156
  6. #138Melinda2,142
  7. #139Joanna2,120
Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. 6,772Ciji#7,469#697
  2. 6,751Kirby#7,469#718
  3. 2,656Dwan#3,530#874
  4. 1,888Mallory#2,220#332
  5. 987Marquita#1,099#112
Fallers
  1. 656Syreeta#717#1,373
  2. 572Jenilee#817#1,389
  3. 538Tenika#947#1,485
  4. 396Toccara#541#937
  5. 333Venus#950#1,283

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,792,564 boys got a published name in 1983; 1 in 179,256 of them was named Kelli, which outranked 47.1% of the 7,344 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kelli
  1. #3,630Zacchaeus11
  2. #3,630Zeshan11
  3. #3,630Zubin11
  4. #3,884Kelli10
  5. #3,884Abbas10
  6. #3,884Aditya10
  7. #3,884Adolphus10
  8. #4,141Acie9
  9. #4,141Ahron9
  10. #4,141Ainsley9

Tied with 256 names at #3,884; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. 2,260Remington#3,108#848
  2. 2,159Trumaine#3,108#949
  3. 1,157Akeem#1,774#617
  4. 738Jacoby#1,654#916
  5. 655Deven#1,622#967
Fallers
  1. 284Marcello#969#1,253
  2. 275Schuyler#845#1,120
  3. 273Jessy#917#1,190
  4. 258Kennith#981#1,239
  5. 220Jarrad#933#1,153

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1983