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Kelia

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Kelia is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 24 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
240.00% of girls
Peak year
199335 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1960
1,040people given the name
Babies named Kelia, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,040 girls have been named Kelia in the United States since 1960, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1993, with 35 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1998, and the 1990s alone account for 28%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Kelia
1960s59
1970s103
1980s110
1990s293
2000s205
2010s181
2020s89

In 1993, its biggest year

Kelia was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1993 were Jessica, Ashley, Sarah, Samantha and Emily. See all of 1993.

Names that rose and fell with Kelia

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.