Keeley

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Keeley: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Keeley: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #121 in 2008, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
70times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#121highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#205
1997	#191
1998	#234
1999	#205
2000	#220
2001	#236
2002	#242
2003	#225
2004	#255
2005	#198
2006	#162
2007	#184
2008	#184
2009	#203
2010	#257
2011	#323
2012	#448
2013	#460
2014	#794
2015	#984
2016	#1241
2017	#1681
2018	#2187
2019	#1782
2020	#2615
2021	#2711
2022	#5669
2023	#3598
2024	#3318

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2023: #391 among girls in Northern Ireland, #856 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3598 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #205 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2023
Highest recorded position: #121 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2008 (recorded 1998–2023).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Keeley appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 3,848 births with the name.

Keeley across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Keeley's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#205 (1996)	#162 (2006)	#3318 (2024)	29 of 29	3,848 (1996–2024)	327 (2006)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#534 (1996)	#222 (2007)	#856 (2023)	23 of 28	188 (1996–2023)	24 (2008)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#351 (1998)	#121 (2008)	#391 (2023)	15 of 26	118 (1998–2023)	20 (2008)
England and Wales · Boys	#2901 (1998)	#2501 (2000)	#2501 (2000)	3 of 3	10 (1998–2000)	4 (2000)

Keeley by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Keeley in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	818	4 of 10	205
2000sbusiest	2,302	10 of 10	230
2010s	694	10 of 10	69
2020s	34	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 230 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2005 and 2006, when recorded births rose by 81, from 246 to 327.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Keeley appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #121 in Northern Ireland in 2008.

Keeley's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1782	16	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2187	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1681	18	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1241	27	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#984	36	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#794	49	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#460	91	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#448	101	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#323	148	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#257	196	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#203	249	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#184	284	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#184	294	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#162	327	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#198	246	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#255	171	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#225	204	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#242	166	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#236	169	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#220	192	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#205	206	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#234	175	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#191	228	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#205	209	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#391	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#296	5	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#268	7	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#277	6	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#194	10	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#174	11	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#121	20	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#125	17	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#203	9	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#209	8	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#238	6	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#286	4	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#230	6	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#348	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#351	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#634	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#751	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#459	9	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#474	9	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	12	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	15	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#379	12	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#230	24	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#222	22	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	15	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#398	8	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	6	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	7	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#319	7	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #121, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 327 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 2 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Lynsey · #119, 32y
Caspian · #117, 29y
Faolan · #116, 27y
Kurtis · #116, 31y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Arya · #120, 30y
Aurelia · #119, 30y
Kaci · #123, 27y
Adelen · #117, 20y

Keeley was ranked #121 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2008. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Keeley and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Keeley without appearing here.

Keeley moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2187 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1782 and #5591.
Brittany Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5669 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #4843.
Shauna Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5669 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3598 and #4709.
Katrina Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3598 and #2504 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #4192.

Moved ahead of Keeley

Janice Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2711 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #1948.
Francis Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2711 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #2488.
Malin Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2711 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #3970.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2711 and #1286.

Moved the opposite way to Keeley

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Keeley went from #205 to #3318 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Keeley went from #205 to #3318 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Keeley went from #205 to #3318 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Keeley went from #205 to #3318 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Keeley

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Keeley went from #205 to #3318 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Keeley went from #205 to #3318 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Keeley went from #205 to #3318 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Keeley went from #205 to #3318 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #121 in Northern Ireland in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Keeley

Keeley at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Keeley across 4 official records

Keeley by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Keeley appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Keeley at a glance

Keeley across 4 official records

Keeley by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Keeley appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Keeley

Keeley and the names beside it

Keeley moved ahead of

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