Keela
- #14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · girls
- 1974 · 32 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,070since 1956
Keela over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Keela has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 |
| 2015 | #7,613 | 15 |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 |
| 2013 | #7,748 | 15 |
| 2012 | #6,576 | 19 |
| 2011 | #9,150 | 12 |
| 2010 | #8,701 | 13 |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 |
| 2008 | #5,574 | 25 |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 |
| 2005 | #7,891 | 14 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 |
| 1996 | #6,392 | 14 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 |
| 1993 | #4,524 | 22 |
| 1992 | #3,581 | 30 |
| 1991 | #3,540 | 30 |
| 1990 | #3,436 | 31 |
| 1989 | #4,848 | 18 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 |
| 1987 | #3,524 | 25 |
| 1986 | #3,890 | 21 |
| 1985 | #3,983 | 20 |
| 1984 | #3,726 | 21 |
| 1983 | #3,242 | 25 |
| 1982 | #3,530 | 23 |
| 1981 | #3,625 | 22 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 |
| 1979 | #3,777 | 20 |
| 1978 | #2,572 | 33 |
| 1977 | #2,780 | 29 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 23 |
| 1975 | #3,404 | 20 |
| 1974 | #2,396 | 32 |
| 1973 | #2,506 | 29 |
| 1972 | #2,523 | 28 |
| 1971 | #3,166 | 21 |
| 1970 | #2,856 | 24 |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 |
| 1965 | #3,264 | 15 |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 |
| 1963 | #3,066 | 17 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 |
| 1960 | #2,989 | 17 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 |
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| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 |
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First appearance
1956
The first year at least five girls were named Keela! It came in at #4,467, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1957, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Keela is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Keela in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Keela
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1,489 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #14,942)
- 7,329 spots since 2015 (#7,613 → #14,942)
Rise & fade · girls
18 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1956
- Peaked 1974 at #2,396 (32 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 45,860
- Highest: 1 in 45,860 girls born in 1974 were named Keela (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 24.2% of all girls named Keela (259) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 26 | #3,619 (1959) | #4,498 |
| 1960s | 127 | #2,989 (1960) | #3,944 |
| 1970s | 259 | #2,396 (1974) | #2,908 |
| 1980s | 207 | #3,242 (1983) | #3,995 |
| 1990s | 187 | #3,436 (1990) | #5,879 |
| 2000s | 107 | #5,574 (2008) | #10,016 |
| 2010s | 132 | #6,576 (2012) | #8,571 |
| 2020s | 25 | #10,383 (2022) | #13,493 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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