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 | — | |
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| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | — | |
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| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | — | |
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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 1965
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wyoming#84 · 1 in 253
- Nevada#84 · 1 in 259
- Washington#94 · 1 in 346
- Oklahoma#98 · 1 in 387
- Utah#107 · 1 in 411
Best ever in a state: #36 in Nevada, 1970.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | #84 | 12 | 1 in 259 |
| Wyoming | #84 | 8 | 1 in 253 |
| Washington | #94 | 64 | 1 in 346 |
| Oklahoma | #98 | 44 | 1 in 387 |
| Utah | #107 | 21 | 1 in 411 |
| Iowa | #112 | 50 | 1 in 443 |
| Nebraska | #113 | 26 | 1 in 444 |
| Idaho | #131 | 10 | 1 in 469 |
| Indiana | #133 | 69 | 1 in 623 |
| Oregon | #136 | 24 | 1 in 561 |
| Kansas | #139 | 27 | 1 in 570 |
| Vermont | #140 | 5 | 1 in 589 |
| Colorado | #143 | 26 | 1 in 611 |
| New Hampshire | #145 | 7 | 1 in 721 |
| West Virginia | #154 | 18 | 1 in 753 |
| Michigan | #165 | 88 | 1 in 839 |
| Arizona | #168 | 21 | 1 in 638 |
| Ohio | #168 | 101 | 1 in 872 |
| South Dakota | #174 | 7 | 1 in 735 |
| California | #182 | 187 | 1 in 865 |
| Texas | #187 | 111 | 1 in 864 |
| Maine | #191 | 8 | 1 in 1,026 |
| Missouri | #203 | 36 | 1 in 1,012 |
| Illinois | #214 | 77 | 1 in 1,186 |
| North Dakota | #214 | 5 | 1 in 1,015 |
| New Mexico | #215 | 11 | 1 in 881 |
| Minnesota | #217 | 24 | 1 in 1,308 |
| Hawaii | #220 | 7 | 1 in 777 |
| Wisconsin | #224 | 25 | 1 in 1,465 |
| Montana | #228 | 5 | 1 in 973 |
| Arkansas | #237 | 12 | 1 in 1,244 |
| Alabama | #238 | 23 | 1 in 1,282 |
| District of Columbia | #238 | 10 | 1 in 1,170 |
| Louisiana | #241 | 26 | 1 in 1,286 |
| Pennsylvania | #245 | 60 | 1 in 1,550 |
| Florida | #247 | 33 | 1 in 1,345 |
| Maryland | #267 | 16 | 1 in 1,763 |
| Tennessee | #269 | 18 | 1 in 1,778 |
| Kentucky | #270 | 15 | 1 in 1,785 |
| Georgia | #276 | 24 | 1 in 1,702 |
| Massachusetts | #283 | 20 | 1 in 2,362 |
| New Jersey | #289 | 27 | 1 in 1,995 |
| Connecticut | #302 | 10 | 1 in 2,302 |
| Mississippi | #315 | 11 | 1 in 1,891 |
| New York | #328 | 69 | 1 in 2,228 |
| Virginia | #329 | 15 | 1 in 2,431 |
| North Carolina | #366 | 14 | 1 in 2,986 |
| South Carolina | #495 | 5 | 1 in 4,504 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
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.
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 1965
Top girls' names in 1965
Top boys' names in 1965
More about 1965
girls
1,765,164 girls got a published name in 1965; 1 in 1,148 of them was named Kelli, which outranked 97.1% of the 7,535 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,860,143 boys got a published name in 1965; 1 in 265,735 of them was named Kelli, which outranked 26.7% of the 4,425 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,982Wright8
- #2,982Zach8
- #2,982Zeno8
- #3,244Kelli7
- #3,244Abdullah7
- #3,244Adams7
- #3,244Adelbert7
- #3,537Abdon6
- #3,537Addam6
- #3,537Albie6
Tied with 292 names at #3,244; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.