Keely

This name, alongside its variant Keeley, first debuted in the SSA data in 1957, which is also when the name as a whole began to be used in the United Kingdom.
Its early usage is attributed to jazz and popular music singer Keely Smith, born Dorothy Jacqueline Keely (1928-2017), where the name first peaked in 1959 in the United States, shortly after her initial solo success. It also rose in usage in 1965 in the United Kingdom (for the 2nd time, the 1st being in 1961), the year where her album of Beatles compositions 'Keely Smith Sings The John Lennon—Paul McCartney Songbook' was released and her cover of "You're Breaking My Heart" made the British Top 20 in April of that year.

My granddaughter's name is Keli... pronounced Keely. For a while all her doctors, teachers etc. called her Kelly which I knew they would... lol. Never even heard that name before she was born but love it.

In 2018, 13 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Keely who is registered female with the Social Security Administration. It is the 1, 979th most common female first name for living U.S. citizens.

The name Keely was given to 98 girls born in the US in 2015.

I knew a boy with this name. Always assumed it was male...