girl's name
Kelya
- Gender Girl
- Letters 5
- Popularity Top 1000 (France)
- Births on record 6,428
France
#555
as Kélya, 2025
Kelya is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 70 babies in France, ranking #595. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
- Peaked in France in 2013, when 480 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 8,421 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1999.
Kelya over time
Births per decade in France, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
Show the numbers
| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 |
| 2000s | 1,060 |
| 2010s | 3,890 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 1,355 |
How popular is Kelya?
In 2025, Kelya was given to 70 babies in France, ranking #595 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Kelya is used
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
How Kelya is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Kélya | Kélya is Kelya written with an acute accent, used in France, where it ranks #555. | 2,595 |
| Këlya | Këlya is a rare spelling of Kelya, written with a diaeresis and recorded about 105 times, mostly in France. | 105 |
Names that peaked alongside Kelya
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Kelya also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Kelya over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Kelya
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Kelya — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Kelya
Is Kelya a girl's or a boy's name?
Kelya is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Kelya most popular?
Kelya peaked in 2013, when 480 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.
Is Kelya a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Kelya currently ranks #555 in France. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.