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Keller

#2,000 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Keller has been given to 4,172 babies in the U.S. since 1911. In 2025 it ranked #2,000 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2012, with 171 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 89% boys, 11% girls all-time.

Babies named Keller, 2025

1 in 43,600

Keller over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Keller over time

In 2025, Keller went to 17% girls and 83% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Keller: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Keller means

Keller is a given name.

The naming story behind Keller

Wikidata records Keller as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q26903170, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,702 boys were recorded with the name Keller between 1911 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 171 in 2012; its best national rank was #1,093 in 2012.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,482 in 2020 to #2,000 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,170 in 2015 to #2,000 in 2025.

In the United States, 470 girls were recorded with the name Keller between 1961 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 29 in 2014; its best national rank was #4,838 in 2014.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,201 in 2020 to #6,978 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,852 in 2015 to #6,978 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Keller?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 43,600
76 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 22,500
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,000
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
30,237 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Keller sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 30,237 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Keller. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kellers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Keller was born before 2011 — so the typical Keller is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
37.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
82.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,555
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 37.9% of all recorded uses (1,402).

Is Keller rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−406
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−518
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−830
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.48×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
44.4%
Peak was 2012 (171)
Years since peak
13
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,093
2012

Spellings of Keller

Keller is not the most common spelling — Elmer is, with 38.7% against Keller's 1.1%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Keller is used

Across 2016–2025, Keller was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 7,143 boys, against 1 in 24,018 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in 100,000).

114 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 7,143
  2. 2Alabama1 in 9,091
  3. 3Virginia1 in 11,111
  4. 4Oklahoma1 in 12,500
  5. 5Texas1 in 12,500
  6. 6Georgia1 in 16,667
  7. 7Missouri1 in 16,667
  8. 8Illinois1 in 20,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Keller around the world

Where Keller ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2001
    #2,587
    in 2001
  • Canada
    2005–2024
    #3,231
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2010–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Keller

People whose public names include Keller, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Keller in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Keller. Linked forms have their own page here.

KellKelenKylerKellenKallervo

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Keller by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,000
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 518
Best rank ever
#1,093
2012
Peak year
2012
171 that year
First recorded
1911
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,702
Count in 2025
76

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#6,978
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 777
Best rank ever
#4,838
2014
Peak year
2014
29 that year
First recorded
1961
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
470
Count in 2025
16

Names similar to Keller

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

KelseyKelleyKeltonKelbyKelsonKellanKellinKelanKellenTaylerKeldonAdlerMillerKellonCutlerKelechiKelvinWheelerKellynKailerCuylerSchuylerKelceyKhyler

Names with a curve like Keller

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Keller, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

ArmaanCarsenHagenDaylenCianSiddharthBrightonMikahZavionIzayahHaidenCanon

Sibling names for Keller

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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