Kelia Girl
How popular is Kelia?
#7,489 girl name in 2025
14 baby girls were named Kelia in the US in 2025, making it the 7489th most popular girl name.
Kelia popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #7,489 for girls (▼ 2192 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 14 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-44% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,286 in 2015, #7,554 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1993 (35 girls) |
| Highest rank | #3,216 in 1993 |
| First recorded | 1960 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kelia counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kelia family of names ranked #3,114 for girls in 2025 (#3,141 the year before), with 31 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kelia | 14 | 45% |
| Keliah | 10 | 32% |
| Kealia | 7 | 23% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kelia is most popular
Babies named Kelia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 1.5 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Kelia by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 59 | #4,722 |
| 1970s | 103 | #3,760 |
| 1980s | 110 | #4,648 |
| 1990s | 293 | #3,216 |
| 2000s | 205 | #4,377 |
| 2010s | 181 | #5,286 |
| 2020s | 103 | #5,297 |
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Questions
- Is Kelia a boy or girl name?
- Kelia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kelia were girls.
- How popular is the name Kelia?
- 14 baby girls were named Kelia in the US in 2025, making it the 7489th most popular girl name.
- When was Kelia most popular?
- Kelia peaked in 1993, when 35 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #3,216 in 1993.
- How many people are named Kelia?
- 1,054 babies have been named Kelia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,032 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 28.
- Where is Kelia most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kelia was most common in Hawaii, at 1.5 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.