Kelli
Kelli is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 15 births. Its best rank was 115th, in 1969–1970.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 150.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19703,331 births
- Best rank
- #115first in 1969
- Since 1945
- 74,875people given the name
The story in the numbers
74,875 girls have been named Kelli in the United States since 1945, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1970, with 3,331 births — 0.19% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 15 births in 2024, against 3,331 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1978, and the 1970s alone account for 29%. It has spent 49 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Kelli | |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 19 | |
| 1950s | 1,986 | |
| 1960s | 16,867 | |
| 1970s | 21,542 | |
| 1980s | 21,049 | |
| 1990s | 10,237 | |
| 2000s | 2,570 | |
| 2010s | 490 | |
| 2020s | 115 |
In 1970, its biggest year
Kelli was the 115th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1970 were Jennifer, Lisa, Kimberly, Michelle and Amy. See all of 1970.
Names that rose and fell with Kelli
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Charisepeak 1971
- Cherisepeak 1971
- Tandrapeak 1971
- Kelliepeak 1969
- Ronicapeak 1977
- Telisapeak 1973
- Kelipeak 1979
- Kellypeak 1977
Other spellings in the data
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.