girls:
1k births since 1960
#4700 (18th percentile)
overall:
1k births since 1960
#6723 (13th percentile)
The name Kelia is the #6,723 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,016 recorded births since 1960. This represents the 13.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,700 (17.7% percentile) for all time with 1,016 births since 1960.
Kelia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1960 (first recorded for girls in 1960). Birth data for Kelia is available in 62 out of the 64 years between 1960 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Kelia reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 3.5% percentile (ranked #835) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.5% percentile). Despite a low point in 2020, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Kelia ranks #937 for girls (1.1% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 48.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kelia".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Kelia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 44.4% confident that Kelia is pronounced as KEE-lee-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEH-lee-uh, at 33.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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