Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Keli

#2,681 most common girls' name of all time · #4,571 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1955–2025

Rank among girls
#2,681
Rank overall
#4,571 of 105,966
First appeared
1955
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
4,405
Since 2016
49
Peak year
1979 #826
Best rank
#826 1979
Girls Boys peak 190/yr
1960198020002020

Keli first appears in 1955. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 8 8 #11,127
2024 5 5 #15,656
2022 8 8 #11,435
2021 5 5 #15,625
2020 6 6 #13,714
2018 5 5 #16,035
2016 12 12 #8,989
2015 6 6 #14,763
2013 6 6 #14,852
2012 11 11 #9,838
2011 10 10 #10,520
2010 11 11 #9,927
2009 10 10 #10,822
2008 21 21 #6,398
2007 20 20 #6,619
2006 14 14 #8,341
2005 14 14 #7,999
2004 19 19 #6,293
2003 33 33 #4,064
2002 38 38 #3,548
2001 29 29 #4,245
2000 22 22 #5,197
1999 39 39 #3,272
1998 30 5 35 #3,852
1997 38 5 43 #3,125
1996 36 36 #3,268
1995 48 48 #2,599
1994 52 52 #2,449
1993 66 66 #2,079
1992 76 76 #1,864
1991 82 82 #1,763
1990 86 86 #1,706
1989 96 6 102 #1,501
1988 108 108 #1,332
1987 114 5 119 #1,245
1986 125 125 #1,147
1985 119 119 #1,189
1984 109 109 #1,199
1983 138 138 #1,023
1982 131 5 136 #1,087
1981 146 5 151 #1,003
1980 172 172 #890
1979 190 190 #826
1978 168 5 173 #875
1977 178 6 184 #840
1976 130 130 #985
1975 103 7 110 #1,135
1974 95 95 #1,183
1973 92 92 #1,184
1972 105 105 #1,089
1971 115 115 #1,056
1970 109 109 #1,092
1969 110 110 #1,047
1968 103 103 #1,025
1967 87 87 #1,141
1966 130 130 #884
1965 114 114 #965
1964 66 66 #1,392
1963 59 59 #1,463
1962 71 71 #1,322
1961 65 65 #1,396
1960 44 44 #1,723
1959 28 28 #2,190
1958 32 32 #1,984
1957 18 18 #2,818
1956 12 12 #3,693
1955 8 8 #4,731