girls:
6.4k births since 1957
#2066 (64th percentile)
boys:
49 births since 1969
#4537 (1st percentile)
overall:
6.5k births since 1957
#3364 (57th percentile)
The name Keeley is the #3,364 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,469 recorded births since 1957. This represents the 56.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 56.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,066 (63.9% percentile) for all time with 6,420 births since 1957. For boys, it ranks #4,537 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 49 births since 1969.
Keeley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1957 (1957 for girls and 1969 for boys).
The name Keeley has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.2% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Keeley reached its peak popularity in 1997, achieving the 25.2% percentile (ranked #646) with 117 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 120 births per million (ranked 25.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Keeley ranks #813 for girls (14.2% percentile) with 79 births per million, which is 66.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Keeley reached its peak popularity in 1973, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #643) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1973, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2005.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Keeley".
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