Keeley

“Slender, graceful” — Irish origin

Girl's name · #1567 in the US (2025) · Trending

Keeley is climbing: on the charts since 1957, it is ranked #1567 in 2025, with about 140 girls given the name last year. Roughly 6,700 have carried it all-time. Together with its spelling variant Keely (#2737), Keeley would rank around #1170 with about 200 births last year — the newborns split about 68/32 between Keeley and Keely.

Around the world: about 1 in 16,000 girls in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 15 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Keeleys

Keeley Hawes — British actress
Keeley Hazell — English model
Keeley Dowling — American soccer player
Keeley Forsyth — British actress
Keeley Karsten — American actress (born 2010)

In stories & tradition

Keeley Jones — Ted Lasso

What Keeleys become

Among 29 notable people named Keeley:

Sports figures appear 2.47× more often than among typical names — e.g. Keeley Dowling, American soccer player.

Similar names: Keily · Reece · Keyla · Hailie · Fiadh · Reilly

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