girls:
433 births since 1961
#5283 (8th percentile)
boys:
3.5k births since 1911
#2103 (54th percentile)
overall:
3.9k births since 1911
#4376 (43rd percentile)
The name Keller is the #4,376 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,949 recorded births since 1911. This represents the 43.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 43.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,103 (54.1% percentile) for all time with 3,516 births since 1911. For girls, it ranks #5,283 (7.5% percentile) for all time with 433 births since 1961.
Keller first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1911 (1911 for boys and 1961 for girls). Birth data for Keller is available in 75 out of the 113 years between 1911 and 2023 (74 years for boys and 37 years for girls). 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.
The name Keller has been given predominantly to boys, with 89.0% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 86.7% of babies named Keller were boys.
For boys, Keller reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 18.5% percentile (ranked #734) with 84 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 84 births per million (ranked 18.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Keller ranks #812 for boys (10.9% percentile) with 57 births per million, which is 67.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Keller reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 2.5% percentile (ranked #943) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Keller ranks #936 for girls (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 61.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Keller".
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