Kelis Girl
How popular is Kelis?
#4,986 girl name in 2025
26 baby girls were named Kelis in the US in 2025, making it the 4986th most popular girl name.
Kelis popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #4,986 for girls (▼ 600 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 26 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-72% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,088 in 2015, #2,748 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (277 girls) |
| Highest rank | #968 in 2007 |
| First recorded | 2000 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kelis counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kelis family of names ranked #2,984 for girls in 2025 (#2,480 the year before), with 33 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kelis | 26 | 79% |
| Kelise | 7 | 21% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kelis is most popular
Babies named Kelis per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Kelis by decade
Girl names about as popular as Kelis
Questions
- Is Kelis a boy or girl name?
- Kelis is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kelis were girls.
- How popular is the name Kelis?
- 26 baby girls were named Kelis in the US in 2025, making it the 4986th most popular girl name.
- When was Kelis most popular?
- Kelis peaked in 2007, when 277 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #968 in 2007.
- How many people are named Kelis?
- 2,877 babies have been named Kelis in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,856 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Kelis most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kelis was most common in Georgia, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.