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Keely

As a girl's name, Keely is understood to mean "slender, graceful". It has been climbing steadily, peaking most recently in the 2000s. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. The name's best year yet was 1997.

IrishIrish "Caol"
EtymologyMeaning "slender, graceful"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
0
1930s
0
1940s
0
1950s
210
1960s
741
1970s
1,305
1980s
1,738
1990s
3,348
2000s
3,669
2010s
1,111
Peaked in the 2000s · 12,122 total U.S. births since 1900