How Many People Are Named Kelli?
people named Kelli are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,826 people in the US has this name
Based on 75,192 babies named Kelli in Social Security records from 1945 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
3,344 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of KELLY.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Kelli in English. Counting Kelli and these spellings together, about 119,122 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Kelli (99.6%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kelli alive today is about 46 years old, and 80% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 38 and 55 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kelli first appears in the records in 1945 and was given most often in 1970, to 3,344 babies. In 2025, 17 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1945 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kelli has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #115, in 1969 to 1970. In 2025 it ranked #6,689.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,689 |
| Best rank | #115 (1969 to 1970) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #138 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kelli alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kelli were born in California than in any other state: about 6,168 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kelli was given 2.4 times as often in South Dakota, 2.2 times in Idaho and 2.2 times in Nebraska.
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