girls:
104 births since 2001
#5612 (2nd percentile)
boys:
111 births since 1918
#4475 (2nd percentile)
overall:
215 births since 1918
#7524 (3rd percentile)
The name Kellis is the #7,524 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 215 recorded births since 1918. This represents the 2.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,475 (2.4% percentile) for all time with 111 births since 1918. For girls, it ranks #5,612 (1.8% percentile) for all time with 104 births since 2001.
Kellis first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1918 (1918 for boys and 2001 for girls). Birth data for Kellis is available in 29 out of the 100 years between 1918 and 2017 (19 years for boys and 12 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 Kellis is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2017, 100.0% of babies named Kellis were girls. Interestingly, until around 2004, the name was more popular for boys (89.9% boys from 1918 to 2003), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (87.7% girls from 2004 to 2017).
For boys, Kellis reached its peak popularity in 1940, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #521) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1940, with 8 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2010.
For girls, Kellis reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #976) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2017.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kellis".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kellis. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 78.6% confident that Kellis is pronounced as KEH-lihs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEH-lees, at 21.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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