Kelli

Kelli was the #6,546 girls' name in the US in 2025 (17 babies).

Kelli as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kelli as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020US
Kelli as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
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)————

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1970 at #115.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1945.

How common is it?

about 1 in 91,000 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.

Next year

On its recent trend, Kelli is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 110,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 78,000 to 1 in 150,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KelliCanadaGirls—too few
KelliEngland & WalesGirls—too few
KelliEngland & WalesBoys—too few
KelliIrelandGirls—too few
KelliNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KelliScotlandGirls—too few
KelliUSGirls#6,54617
KelliUSBoys—too few