Keely

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Keely: Recorded since 1993, it reached #241 in 1997, and it stood at #5,581 in 2021.

3registrars recorded it
54times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#241highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2021

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#282
1997	#323
1998	#390
1999	#406
2000	#356
2001	#404
2002	#431
2003	#394
2004	#507
2005	#483
2006	#665
2007	#666
2008	#1176
2009	#1526
2010	#1472
2011	#1665
2012	#2969
2013	#3536
2014	#5691
2015	#2945
2016	#5785
2020	#5493
2021	#5581

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 Republic of Ireland in 20 of the 28 years from 1993 to 2020.

In 2020: #700 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #5493 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1993–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1993
First recorded at #448 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1993 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2010
Highest recorded position: #241 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 1997 (recorded 1997–2010).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #5581 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021.
England and Wales · Girls

Keely appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 23 ranked years and 1,089 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1993.

Keely across 3 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.

Keely'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#448 (1993)	#279 (1996)	#700 (2020)	20 of 28	115 (1993–2020)	11 (1996)
England and Wales · Girls	#282 (1996)	#282 (1996)	#5581 (2021)	23 of 26	1,089 (1996–2021)	132 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#241 (1997)	#241 (1997)	#430 (2010)	11 of 14	47 (1997–2010)	6 (1997)

Keely 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 Keely in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	399	4 of 10	100
2000sbusiest	619	10 of 10	62
2010s	65	7 of 10	9
2020s	6	2 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 62 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2003 and 2004, when recorded births fell by 27, from 92 to 65.

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

Keely 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 1993 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #241 in Northern Ireland in 1997.

Keely'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
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1665	17	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1472	20	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1526	18	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1176	25	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#666	52	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#665	47	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#483	74	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#507	65	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#394	92	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#431	74	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#404	78	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#356	94	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#406	78	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#390	82	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#323	107	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#282	132	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#430	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#332	4	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#318	4	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#248	5	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#252	5	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#267	5	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#291	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#261	5	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#241	6	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#700	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#663	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#641	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#597	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#549	6	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	9	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	6	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	8	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#400	6	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#378	6	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#355	6	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#319	7	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	9	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#279	11	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#448	4	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 1993 and 2021, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #241, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 132 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 4 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.

Arham · #241, 27y
Dillan · #242, 29y
Frazer · #240, 29y
John-Paul · #240, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Arham · #241, 27y
Dillion · #241, 10y
Jordan-Lee · #241, 16y
Kaine · #241, 29y

Keely was ranked #241 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 1997. 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.

Keely 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 Keely without appearing here.

Keely moved ahead of

Tracy Compare
In 2008 they stood at #549 and #549 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #641 and #893.
Denise Compare
In 2019 they stood at #896 and #734 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2020 that had become #700 and #834.
Diane Compare
In 2019 they stood at #907 and #768 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2020 that had become #700 and #834.
Donna Compare
In 2019 they stood at #907 and #510 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2020 that had become #700 and #834.

Moved ahead of Keely

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #1628.
Carmel Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2945 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #2120.
Malin Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3536 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #2120.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2945 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #1939.

Moved the opposite way to Keely

Alice Compare
Between 1993 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Keely went from #448 to #700 while Alice went from #78 to #33.
Caoimhe Compare
Between 1993 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Keely went from #448 to #700 while Caoimhe went from #48 to #27.
Chloe Compare
Between 1993 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Keely went from #448 to #700 while Chloe went from #35 to #17.
Emilie Compare
Between 1993 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Keely went from #448 to #700 while Emilie went from #516 to #264.

Moved the same way as Keely

Aoife Compare
Between 1993 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Keely went from #448 to #700 and Aoife from #5 to #24.
Audrey Compare
Between 1993 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Keely went from #448 to #700 and Audrey from #234 to #495.
Diane Compare
Between 1993 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Keely went from #448 to #700 and Diane from #320 to #834.
Eileen Compare
Between 1993 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Keely went from #448 to #700 and Eileen from #113 to #255.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1993 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #241 in Northern Ireland in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Keely

Keely at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Keely across 3 official records

Keely by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Keely appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Keely at a glance

Keely across 3 official records

Keely by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Keely appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Keely

Keely and the names beside it

Keely moved ahead of

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