Kaeli

What Kaeli means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Kaeli yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #4,584 in 2015, #756 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Kaeli?

US: Rising: up from #4584 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 430 girls got the name (#679 that year). First in the US records in 1982.

How common

• About 1 in 4,490 baby girls in the US in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (1.93 per 1,000 girls), MS (0.79 per 1,000 girls), TX (0.64 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Kaeli is #756 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Kaeli were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kali948 US · 26 E&W
• Kayla838 US · 110 E&W
• Cali518 US · 50 E&W
• Kaila88 US · 11 E&W
• Caeli90 US
• Keyli72 US
• Keely63 US
• Kalli56 US · 5 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Kaeli

Girls

• Daisy#75From the word “daisy”^*
• Celeste#188“heavenly”^*
• Hallie#120Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #565 in 2015, #120 in 2025
• Kiara#229Variant of Keira, meaning “black, dark, little dark one”^*
• Alanna#280Form of Elon, meaning “oak tree”^*
• Summer#151Editor’s note Up from #193 in 2015 to #151 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

• Rafael#218Variant of Raphael, meaning “God cures/has healed”^*
• Ismael#263Form of Ishmael, meaning “God hears, God will hear”^*
• Colter#157Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #157 vs #1,466 in 2025
• Andres#200Spanish form of Andrew, meaning “manly”^*
• Sonny#298Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #822 in 2015, #298 in 2025
• Nicolas#177Variant of Nicholas, meaning “victory + people”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Kaeli’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.