Kelli

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Kelli: Recorded since 1983, it reached #362 in 2003, and it was last ranked in 2013.

2registrars recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
31years from first to last
#362highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2003

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1755
1998	#1979
1999	#3225
2001	#3262
2002	#2540
2003	#3594

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 11 of the 24 years from 1983 to 2006.

In 2003: #362 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3594 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1983–2013 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1983
First recorded at #529 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1983 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1983–2006
Highest recorded position: #362 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2003 (recorded 1983–2006).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2006
Most recently recorded at #635 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2006.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Kelli appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 11 years beginning in 1983, and has registered 44 births with the name.

Kelli across 2 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.

Kelli'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	#529 (1983)	#362 (2003)	#635 (2006)	11 of 24	44 (1983–2006)	8 (2003)
England and Wales · Girls	#1755 (1996)	#1755 (1996)	#3594 (2003)	6 of 8	35 (1996–2003)	9 (1996)

Kelli by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Kelli in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	7	2 of 10	4
1990s	6	2 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	31	7 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Kelli 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 2 regions, from 1983 to 2013. Highest recorded position: #362 in Republic of Ireland in 2003.

Kelli'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
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1979	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1755	9	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#511	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	8	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#529	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1983 and 2013, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #362, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 13 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
6 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#4,685position in 2013, its most recent recorded year
13 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
9births registered in its largest year, 1996Under 25 births →

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.

Kellan · #699, 29y
Kelley · #242, 29y
Kellie · #40, 54y
Kelly · #3, 60y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Gael · #362, 19y
Lyn · #362, 14y
Aiyla · #364, 19y
Ryanna · #364, 12y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Evanna · #364, 22y
Seona · #358, 19y
Anneka · #356, 28y
Zarah · #351, 33y

Kelli was ranked #362 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2003. 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.

Kelli 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 Kelli without appearing here.

Kelli moved ahead of

Barbara Compare
In 2002 they stood at #606 and #498 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2003 that had become #362 and #655.
Tania Compare
In 2002 they stood at #606 and #498 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2003 that had become #362 and #655.
Bernadette Compare
In 2004 they stood at #511 and #511 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #523 and #689.
Jordan Compare
In 2004 they stood at #362 and #294 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #523 and #689.

Moved ahead of Kelli

Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3262 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2540 and #938.
Cameron Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1755 and #2350 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #1979 and #476.
Beau Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1979 and #2407 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3225 and #1805.
Logan Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1979 and #2407 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3225 and #1970.

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 2 regions, from 1983 to 2013. Highest recorded position: #362 in Republic of Ireland in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Kelli

Kelli at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kelli across 2 official records

Kelli by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Kelli appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Kelli

Kelli and the names beside it

Kelli moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kelli

Kelli at a glance

Kelli across 2 official records

Kelli by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Kelli appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Kelli

Kelli and the names beside it

Kelli moved ahead of

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