# Keely (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/keely/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,719 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 21 / 12,698 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,089, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Keeley.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 185 | 1,283 |
| 2012 | 171 | 1,369 |
| 2013 | 149 | 1,491 |
| 2014 | 131 | 1,640 |
| 2015 | 99 | 2,002 |
| 2016 | 86 | 2,237 |
| 2017 | 81 | 2,294 |
| 2018 | 85 | 2,199 |
| 2019 | 57 | 2,911 |
| 2020 | 67 | 2,565 |
| 2021 | 73 | 2,451 |
| 2022 | 87 | 2,183 |
| 2023 | 66 | 2,658 |
| 2024 | 94 | 2,061 |
| 2025 | 63 | 2,737 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 5 | 7,919 |
| 1996 | 6 | 8,481 |
| 2001 | 5 | 11,501 |
| 2006 | 5 | 13,069 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 65 | 507 |
| 2005 | 74 | 483 |
| 2006 | 47 | 665 |
| 2007 | 52 | 666 |
| 2008 | 25 | 1,176 |
| 2009 | 18 | 1,526 |
| 2010 | 20 | 1,472 |
| 2011 | 17 | 1,665 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |

## People named Keely

- Keely Hodgkinson, English athlete specialising in the 800 metres, born 2002

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.