Kelii

Peak · boys
1979 · 12 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
261
since 1973

Kelii over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Kelii has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank197019801990200020102020peak #3,357, 1979boys
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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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rankbirths
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2023#10,8216
2022#12,3305
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2015#9,5687
2014#12,1085
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2011#10,8086
2010#9,6937
2009#10,9946
2008#12,5535
2007#8,9158
2006#8,7328
2005#11,4725
2004#11,3565
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2002#9,3926
2001#6,44510
2000#10,3495
1999#7,1398
1998#8,4796
1997#6,1009
1996#4,87812
1995#8,8685
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1993#5,36010
1992#6,6707
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1990#3,97114
1989#7,9055
1988#3,91512
1987#5,4597
1986#5,9266
1985#5,1477
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1981#5,4686
1980#4,1349
1979#3,35712
1978#4,5547
1977#4,5827
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1974#5,2275
1973#4,0547
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First appearance
1973

The first year at least five boys were named Kelii! It came in at #4,054, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1976, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Kelii is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Kelii in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Kelii
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1973
  • Peaked 1979 at #3,357 (12 births)
  • Births halved by 1981, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 143,461
  • Highest: 1 in 143,461 boys born in 1979 were named Kelii (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 285,096 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 27.2% of all boys named Kelii (71) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s44#3,357 (1979)#4,429
1980s52#3,915 (1988)#5,422
1990s71#3,971 (1990)#6,433
2000s58#6,445 (2001)#10,023
2010s25#9,568 (2015)#10,544
2020s11#10,821 (2023)#11,576

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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