# Kelli (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kelli/  
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 | 75,192 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 301 / 74,891 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 38, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 67 | 2,650 |
| 2012 | 66 | 2,696 |
| 2013 | 42 | 3,672 |
| 2014 | 52 | 3,164 |
| 2015 | 41 | 3,734 |
| 2016 | 40 | 3,819 |
| 2017 | 30 | 4,633 |
| 2018 | 37 | 3,967 |
| 2019 | 39 | 3,824 |
| 2020 | 32 | 4,315 |
| 2021 | 23 | 5,481 |
| 2022 | 24 | 5,399 |
| 2023 | 22 | 5,651 |
| 2024 | 15 | 7,420 |
| 2025 | 17 | 6,690 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 5 | 6,312 |
| 1979 | 11 | 3,701 |
| 1980 | 16 | 2,894 |
| 1981 | 21 | 2,381 |
| 1982 | 13 | 3,403 |
| 1983 | 10 | 4,017 |
| 1984 | 10 | 4,074 |
| 1985 | 10 | 4,211 |
| 1986 | 10 | 4,311 |
| 1987 | 11 | 4,114 |
| 1988 | 13 | 3,798 |
| 1989 | 12 | 4,408 |
| 1990 | 11 | 4,849 |
| 1991 | 10 | 5,301 |
| 1998 | 5 | 10,498 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 9 | 1,755 |
| 1998 | 8 | 1,979 |
| 1999 | 4 | 3,225 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3,262 |
| 2002 | 6 | 2,540 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3,594 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |

## People named Kelli

- Kelli Berglund, American actress, dancer, and singer (born 1996)
- Kelli Garner, American actress
- Kelli McCarty, American actress and model
- Kelli Williams, American actress
- Kelli Giddish, American actress
- Kelli O'Hara, American actress and singer
- Kelli Maroney, American actress
- Kelli Barrett, American actress (born 1984)
- Kelli Stack, American women's ice hockey player
- Kelli White, American track and field sprinter
- Kelli Ali, English vocalist
- Kelli Goss, American actress

## 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.