Fun Facts About the Name Keyli
- More than 1 thousand babies named Keyli: U.S. records list 1,555 babies given the name Keyli from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Keyli Mean?
Keyli is an English spelling variant of names pronounced KAY-lee, most often Kaylee. It has no separate root of its own, so its meaning depends on the name it is respelling, and that meaning is uncertain. The usual explanation of Kaylee treats it as a modern English combination of Kay, a short form of Katherine, with the ending -lee, from Old English lēah, "wood, clearing, meadow," which would give the literal sense "Kay's meadow." A less common suggestion links Kaylee and the similar-sounding Keely to an Irish word often glossed "comely" or "slender," but the two names are generally treated as unrelated, and that link is not confirmed.
Keyli Name History & Origins
Keyli belongs to a group of English names that sound alike but are spelled in several ways - Kaylee, Kayley, Kaley, Kailee, and Keyli among them. Names ending in the sound -ee spread widely in English-speaking countries during the 20th century, and the range of spellings grew along with them. Keyli is a respelling rather than a name with its own separate development, so its history is the history of the name it stands for. Where it represents Kaylee, that record is a modern English one built from the familiar elements Kay and Lee. Where it represents Keely, the background is Irish: Keely is an anglicized form of an Irish surname and given name. The two are not related to each other, so the history behind a particular Keyli depends on which name is intended.
How Popular is the Name Keyli?
Keyli has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2009. Its best rank was #2,043 in 2024.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,472 | 72 | 0.0045% |
| 2024 | #2,043 | 95 | 0.0059% |
| 2023 | #2,185 | 87 | 0.0054% |
| 2022 | #2,841 | 60 | 0.0037% |
| 2021 | #2,321 | 79 | 0.0048% |
| 2020 | #3,204 | 49 | 0.0030% |
| 2019 | #2,978 | 55 | 0.0033% |
| 2018 | #2,824 | 60 | 0.0035% |
| 2017 | #2,643 | 66 | 0.0038% |
| 2016 | #2,845 | 60 | 0.0034% |
| 2015 | #2,668 | 67 | 0.0038% |
| 2014 | #3,207 | 51 | 0.0029% |
| 2013 | #2,824 | 61 | 0.0035% |
| 2012 | #2,348 | 80 | 0.0045% |
| 2011 | #2,382 | 78 | 0.0044% |
| 2010 | #2,773 | 64 | 0.0036% |
| 2009 | #2,129 | 95 | 0.0052% |
| 2008 | #2,909 | 61 | 0.0032% |
| 2007 | #2,732 | 67 | 0.0035% |
| 2006 | #3,288 | 50 | 0.0026% |
| 2005 | #3,440 | 44 | 0.0024% |
| 2004 | #3,868 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 2003 | #5,323 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2002 | #5,580 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2001 | #7,539 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2000 | #7,377 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1999 | #9,925 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #9,716 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1997 | #8,703 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1996 | #7,863 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1994 | #12,608 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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