Kelis
Kelis is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 32 births. Its best rank was 972nd, in 2007.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 320.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 2007277 births
- Best rank
- #972in 2007
- Since 2000
- 2,845people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,845 girls have been named Kelis in the United States since 2000, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2007, with 277 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2009, and the 2000s alone account for 54%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 2007, its biggest year
Kelis was the 972nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2007 were Emily, Isabella, Emma, Ava and Madison. See all of 2007.
Names that rose and fell with Kelis
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Sanaapeak 2006
- Kamyapeak 2009
- Aniahpeak 2006
- Daniyapeak 2007
- Aaniyahpeak 2008
- Janiahpeak 2008
- Damyapeak 2008
- Taniyahpeak 2003
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.