Kelli Girl
How popular is Kelli?
#6,545 girl name in 2025
17 baby girls were named Kelli in the US in 2025, making it the 6545th most popular girl name.
Kelli popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #6,545 for girls (▲ 702 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 17 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-59% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,704 in 2015, #4,261 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1970 (3,331 girls) |
| Highest rank | #115 in 1969 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1945 |
| 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 |
Kelli counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kelly family of names ranked #698 for girls in 2025 (#708 the year before), with 378 babies in all.
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 Kelli is most popular
Babies named Kelli per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Kelli by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 19 | #3,611 |
| 1950s | 1,986 | #346 |
| 1960s | 16,867 | #115 |
| 1970s | 21,540 | #115 |
| 1980s | 21,049 | #125 |
| 1990s | 10,237 | #181 |
| 2000s | 2,570 | #537 |
| 2010s | 490 | #2,451 |
| 2020s | 133 | #4,261 |
Girl names about as popular as Kelli
Questions
- Is Kelli a boy or girl name?
- Kelli is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kelli were girls.
- How popular is the name Kelli?
- 17 baby girls were named Kelli in the US in 2025, making it the 6545th most popular girl name.
- When was Kelli most popular?
- Kelli peaked in 1970, when 3,331 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #115, held for 2 years starting in 1969.
- How many people are named Kelli?
- 75,192 babies have been named Kelli in the US since 1880. We estimate about 71,303 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 47.
- Where is Kelli most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kelli was most common in Georgia, at 0.0 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.