Kelia

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 20 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
20
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kelia by the numbers

Kelia was given to 20 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 35 babies in 1993, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Kelia

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 Kelia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Keziacassia tree or cinnamon13 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kleliafamous glory; a form of Chloe4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kenia404 in the US (2017)
  • Kalia162 in the US (2017)
  • Kelis68 in the US (2017)
  • Kylia24 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kelia

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

  • Kelaiahgod has lightened or diminished3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Keolalife6 in the US (2017)
  • Ke'Alathe fragrance3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Keliah8 in the US (2017)
  • Keleah6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kelia

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