Keely comes from the English / Gaelic / Irish tradition, meaning Lean Woman.
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How popular is Keely?
1997peak year
Today, Keely is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #2358), with only about 79 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1997, 555 babies were given the name (ranked #455 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2000s. Keely's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 12,654 babies have been registered as Keely since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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