Kelechi is a rare name used for both girls and boys that peaked in 2004 and has grown less common since.
Kelechi is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #6,285 for boy births in the United States (and #13,214 across all names), given to 14 babies. Kelechi was first reported in SSA data in 1979 and peaked in 2002 (24 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,285 |
| 2024 | 19 | 19 | #14,370 | #6,653 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,007 |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,513 |
| 2021 | 17 | 17 | #14,381 | #7,374 |
| 2020 | 17 | 17 | #14,291 | #7,268 |
| 2019 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,261 |
| 2018 | 24 | 24 | #14,758 | #5,212 |
| 2017 | 18 | 18 | #15,037 | #6,912 |
| 2016 | 23 | 23 | #17,594 | #5,230 |
| 2015 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,181 |
| 2014 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,157 |
| 2013 | 19 | 19 | #17,953 | #6,087 |
| 2012 | 22 | 22 | #12,810 | #6,166 |
| 2011 | 13 | 13 | #15,810 | #10,233 |
| 2010 | 17 | 17 | #15,996 | #7,345 |
| 2009 | 24 | 24 | #16,242 | #5,211 |
| 2008 | 17 | 17 | #19,036 | #6,987 |
| 2007 | 23 | 23 | #10,481 | #6,878 |
| 2006 | 28 | 28 | #8,999 | #5,674 |
| 2005 | 32 | 32 | #12,429 | #3,882 |
| 2004 | 36 | 36 | #7,618 | #4,193 |
| 2003 | 23 | 23 | #10,053 | #5,726 |
| 2002 | 34 | 34 | #9,884 | #3,621 |
| 2001 | 25 | 25 | #9,060 | #5,289 |
| 2000 | 27 | 27 | #9,534 | #4,487 |
| 1999 | 31 | 31 | #7,041 | #4,248 |
| 1998 | 24 | 24 | #11,757 | #4,112 |
| 1997 | 26 | — | #9,413 | #3,970 |
| 1996 | 14 | — | — | #4,511 |
| 1995 | 34 | — | #6,834 | #3,257 |
| 1994 | 28 | — | #11,127 | #3,278 |
| 1993 | 20 | — | #8,357 | #5,582 |
| 1992 | 19 | — | #14,351 | #4,230 |
| 1991 | 16 | — | #12,242 | #5,300 |
| 1990 | 14 | — | #12,089 | #6,142 |
| 1989 | 19 | — | #13,399 | #3,917 |
| 1988 | 7 | — | — | #6,137 |
| 1987 | 12 | — | #10,507 | #6,551 |
| 1986 | 8 | — | — | #5,111 |
| 1985 | 13 | — | #9,913 | #5,465 |
| 1984 | 7 | — | — | #5,281 |
| 1982 | 12 | — | — | #3,595 |
| 1980 | 8 | — | #7,744 | — |
| 1979 | 6 | — | — | #5,730 |