Keela
Keela was the 16112th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1974, when it ranked 2414th; the most babies were born in 1978 (33). Over the last ten years it has moved down 8,306 places. More babies were named Keela in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #16,112 girls, down 1,829 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 5girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 197833 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,070babies recorded
Keela popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #16,112 | 5 |
| 2020 | #14,283 | 6 |
| 2010 | #8,973 | 13 |
| 2000 | — | — |
| 1990 | #3,470 | 31 |
| 1980 | #4,614 | 16 |
| 1970 | #2,889 | 24 |
| 1960 | #3,038 | 17 |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Keela, counting every spelling?
Keela is a spelling of Kella, a name family that had 5 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 5 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kella | — | — | 31 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Keela?
5 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Keela (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Keela born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,661 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Keela.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Keela?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Keela are alive today, with a median age of 40; half are between 25 and 52. That makes Keela mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Keela: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Keela, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Keela
How popular is the name Keela?
Keela was the 16112th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1974, when it ranked 2414th; the most babies were born in 1978 (33). Over the last ten years it has moved down 8,306 places. More babies were named Keela in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Keela a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Keela in the US.