Kelechi was the #6,143 boys' name in the US in 2025 (14 babies), and #2,952 in England & Wales.
Kelechi as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2025
#6,143 (14)
#2,952 (7)
2024
#6,469 (13)
#4,271 (4)
2023
#7,738 (10)
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2022
#7,262 (11)
#2,321 (9)
2021
#7,089 (11)
#3,990 (4)
2020
#7,034 (11)
#2,960 (6)
2019
#6,104 (14)
#3,937 (4)
2018
#5,106 (18)
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2017
#6,685 (12)
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2016
#5,124 (18)
#3,478 (5)
2015
#8,744 (8)
#3,908 (4)
2014
#5,997 (14)
#3,895 (4)
2013
#5,923 (14)
#2,954 (6)
2012
#6,001 (14)
#4,805 (3)
2011
#9,600 (7)
#2,613 (7)
Kelechi as a girl’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2025
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#4,867 (4)
2024
#13,477 (6)
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2021
#13,464 (6)
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2020
#13,453 (6)
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2018
#13,793 (6)
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2017
#14,124 (6)
#4,063 (5)
2016
#16,215 (5)
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2015
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#5,730 (3)
2013
#16,547 (5)
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2012
#12,199 (8)
#4,171 (5)
2011
#14,824 (6)
#5,785 (3)
2010
#14,959 (6)
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2009
#15,242 (6)
#4,564 (4)
2008
#17,504 (5)
#2,721 (8)
2007
#10,129 (11)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 2002 at #3,554.
Rising over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1979.
In 2024, 32% of US babies named Kelechi were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 130,000 baby boys 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
Where
Sex
Latest year
Share
Verdict
US
Boys
2025
about 1 in 130,000
rare
England & Wales
Boys
2025
about 1 in 38,000
rare
England & Wales
Girls
2025
about 1 in 63,000
rare
Next year
On its recent trend, Kelechi is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 110,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 96,000 to 1 in 140,000.