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“Variant of Keeley — Slender, graceful” — Irish origin
Girl's name · #2737 in the US (2025) · 2000s
Keely reached its best rank, #455, in 1997 and ranked #2737 in 2025. Roughly 13,000 girls have been named Keely since 1957. Together with its spelling variant Keeley (#1567), Keely would rank around #1170 with about 200 births last year — the newborns split about 68/32 between Keeley and Keely.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 4 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 26 notable people named Keely:
Sports figures appear 2.75× more often than among typical names — e.g. Keely Hodgkinson, English athlete specialising in the 800 metres, born 2002.
Similar names: Keyli · Regan · Kyla · Reilly · Shea · Kiera
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