NameTides

Keely

Keely was the #2,719 girls' name in the US in 2025 (63 babies), and #1,974 in Canada.

Keely as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Keely as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Keely as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#2,719 (63)————#1,974 (11)
2024#2,053 (94)————#3,383 (5)
2023#2,646 (66)————#2,203 (9)
2022#2,174 (87)————#2,315 (8)
2021#2,440 (73)#5,581 (3)———#2,185 (9)
2020#2,549 (67)#5,493 (3)——#700 (4)#2,343 (8)
2019#2,891 (57)————#2,872 (6)
2018#2,190 (85)———#896 (3)#1,996 (10)
2017#2,283 (81)————#2,876 (6)
2016#2,221 (86)#5,785 (3)———#2,195 (9)
2015#1,996 (99)#2,945 (8)———#1,757 (12)
2014#1,634 (131)#5,691 (3)———#2,905 (6)
2013#1,487 (149)#3,536 (6)———#1,364 (17)
2012#1,364 (171)#2,969 (8)——#907 (3)#1,248 (20)
2011#1,280 (185)#1,665 (17)———#1,426 (16)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1997 at #455.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1957.

How common is it?

about 1 in 26,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 26,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Keely is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 23,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 15,000 to 1 in 33,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Keely by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,921TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Keely (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KeelyCanadaGirls#1,97411
KeelyEngland & WalesGirls—too few
KeelyIrelandGirls—too few
KeelyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KeelyScotlandGirls—too few
KeelyUSGirls#2,71963
KeelyUSBoys—too few