Keeley
- #1,561 for girls in 2025, 135 births
- Last seen for boys in 2005 at #11,472
- Given to girls 99.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1997 · 224 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,692since 1957
Keeley over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Keeley has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,561 | 135 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,568 | 135 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,524 | 140 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,710 | 122 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,085 | 91 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,498 | 43 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,130 | 51 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,302 | 79 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,236 | 84 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,287 | 83 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,937 | 104 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,493 | 149 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,347 | 173 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,432 | 159 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,273 | 187 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,133 | 216 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,079 | 236 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,062 | 246 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,041 | 253 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,204 | 201 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,325 | 166 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #1,324 | 161 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,160 | 186 | — | |
| 2002 | #986 | 223 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,126 | 187 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #994 | 213 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #979 | 211 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #1,018 | 195 | — | |
| 1997 | #899 | 224 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #1,155 | 157 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,576 | 96 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,744 | 84 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,538 | 101 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,370 | 121 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,517 | 102 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,410 | 112 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,479 | 98 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,439 | 96 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,433 | 91 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,346 | 97 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,691 | 68 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,604 | 69 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,770 | 60 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,922 | 55 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,158 | 47 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,981 | 53 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,187 | 45 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,125 | 44 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,381 | 37 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,664 | 29 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #2,881 | 25 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,497 | 30 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,830 | 24 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #2,903 | 23 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,955 | 23 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #2,705 | 26 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,585 | 26 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #2,296 | 28 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,066 | 17 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,839 | 19 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,095 | 16 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,951 | 33 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,379 | 13 | — | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1957
The first year at least five girls were named Keeley! It came in at #5,377, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1957, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.
Where Keeley is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Kansas#497 · 1 in 1,968
- Washington#679 · 1 in 3,207
- Ohio#801 · 1 in 4,297
- Pennsylvania#871 · 1 in 4,669
- Colorado#907 · 1 in 4,665
Best ever in a state: #141 in Montana, 2006.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | #497 | 6 | 1 in 1,968 |
| Washington | #679 | 9 | 1 in 3,207 |
| Ohio | #801 | 11 | 1 in 4,297 |
| Pennsylvania | #871 | 10 | 1 in 4,669 |
| Colorado | #907 | 5 | 1 in 4,665 |
| Tennessee | #983 | 6 | 1 in 5,346 |
| Illinois | #1,113 | 7 | 1 in 6,333 |
| California | #1,948 | 10 | 1 in 16,172 |
| Florida | #2,151 | 5 | 1 in 17,352 |
| Texas | #2,921 | 6 | 1 in 26,757 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Rising
- 1,937 spots since 2020 (#3,498 → #1,561)
- Biggest jump: 256 spots in 1997
- Biggest drop: 174 spots in 2003
Rise & fade · girls
40 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1957
- Peaked 1997 at #899 (224 births)
- Births halved by 2015, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1999–2000
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,599
- Highest: 1 in 7,599 girls born in 2007 were named Keeley (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,906 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #899 in 1997, was only 1 in 7,771 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 31.0% of all girls named Keeley (2,072) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 52 | #1,951 (1959) | #3,569 |
| 1960s | 174 | #2,296 (1968) | #3,173 |
| 1970s | 306 | #2,125 (1978) | #2,613 |
| 1980s | 734 | #1,346 (1986) | #1,682 |
| 1990s | 1,403 | #899 (1997) | #1,321 |
| 2000s | 2,072 | #986 (2002) | #1,130 |
| 2010s | 1,285 | #1,133 (2010) | #1,857 |
| 2020s | 666 | #1,524 (2023) | #1,991 |
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.
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