Kaeli

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 14 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
14
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
#756
up from #769
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

How Kaeli has moved

US popularity rank, 2023–2025. Lower is more popular.
#614#724#833202320242025#756

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YearUS rank
2023#678
2024#769
2025#756

Kaeli by the numbers

Kaeli was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 113 babies in 1999, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Kaeli

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kaeli. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kaliblack; fierce; Hindu goddess of time1,120 in the US (2017)
  • Karlifree man; a form of Carla or Karl135 in the US (2017)
  • Kallibeautiful; a form of Callie105 in the US (2017)
  • Kahlithe dark goddess; a form of Kali or modern spelling variant21 in the US (2017)
  • Kayli73 in the US (2017)
  • Kaelin37 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kaeli

Names that are said the same way as Kaeli, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Caeliof the sky; plural or variant of Caelum36 in the US (2017)
  • Kaliithe sea; a form of Kali12 in the US (2017)
  • Kaely30 in the US (2017)
  • Caliegh8 in the US (2017)
  • Kaliee8 in the US (2017)
  • Kayliee8 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kaeli

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