Is Kelis a boy or girl name?

Kelis is a girl’s name. Of the 2,877 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 99.8% were girls and 0.2% were boys.

Kelis

Recorded 2000–2025 · United States

Kelis was most popular in 2007, when 277 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,744 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,652, with 26 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,877 people named Kelis.

Kelis over time

Births per year. The dot marks Kelis’s peak in 2007. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kelis a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kelis is a girl’s name — 99.8% of the 2,877 Americans given it were girls and 0.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Kelis

Where Kelis is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org