How rare is the name Keeley?

5,771 people in the United States have the first name Keeley, about 1 in 52,336. It ranks #3,567 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

KEELEY

#3,567

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,771
About
1 in 52,336
This common or more
82.6%
Who bears it

Of the 5,771 people named Keeley, 84.1% reported their origin as White, 6.1% as two or more races and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino. 97.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Keeley peaked in 2007, when 253 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19572025
Peak year
2007
Births that year
253
In 2025*
135 ▼47%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,741 babies have been given the name since 1957. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Keeley by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,994. The largest share of babies named Keeley, 48.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#7,96152
1960s#4,664179
1970s#3,894323
1980s#2,659734
1990s#2,1441,415
2000s#1,9942,087
2010s#3,0091,285
2020s#3,315666
Baby boom 1946–642%
Generation X 1965–807%
Millennials 1981–9621.6%
Generation Z 1997–1248.8%
2013 and later20.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Keeley is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Keeley has been most common in Tennessee (2.2×), Oregon (2.1×), and Colorado (2×), and least common in New York (0.37×).

3,545 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Keeley

1 other first name also has 5,771 people.

#3,567 Tuyet · 5,771

Either side of Keeley

#3,565 Page · 5,781#3,566 Makena · 5,774#3,567 Tuyet · 5,771#3,569 Omer · 5,770

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Keeley, most common first.

#966 Kelley · 45,163#2,262 Keely · 11,483#20,595 Keelee · 500#22,704 Keiley · 436#23,426 Kealey · 418#41,689 Keley · 175#48,328 Keele · 132

Also a last name

As a last name, Keeley ranks #6,381 of 156,621, with 5,125 people. See Keeley as a last name

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