Kellis
UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Kellis has been given to 215 babies in the U.S. since 1918. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1940, with 9 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 52% boys, 48% girls all-time.
Babies named Kellis, 2010
1 in 528,000
Kellis over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Kellis over time
In 2017, Kellis went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
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.
How common is Kellis?
Kellis had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2010, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2010
- 1 in 528,000
- 7 of 3,695,928 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 274,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2010
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 365,976 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Kellis sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2010 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 365,976 children born in 2010 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kellis. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Kelliss were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Kellis was born before 1969 — so the typical Kellis is around 56 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2000s
- 16.2% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 33.3%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 70
- People you could plausibly meet
2000s — 16.2% of all recorded uses (18).
Is Kellis 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
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1940 (9)
- Years since peak
- 85
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 12.9% average annual change
Spellings of Kellis
Kellis is not the most common spelling — Kelly is, with 25.3% against Kellis's 0.03%.
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.
Kellis around the world
Where Kellis 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 & Wales2000–2009#4,564in 2009
- South Australia2004–2004#700in 2004
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Kellis by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Kellis
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Kellis
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.