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
Showing
- 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
girls
Rank among girls' names. Kelli has never cracked the top 100 here.
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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 | — | |
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| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | — | |
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| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | — | |
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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.
Where Kelli is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Kelli in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 705 spots since 2024 (#7,251 → #6,546)
- 2,283 spots since 2020 (#4,263 → #6,546)
- Biggest jump: 300 spots in 1957
- Biggest drop: 259 spots in 2005
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
| 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.
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