Keila
- #1,548 for girls in 2025, 136 births
- Peak · girls
- 2001 · 217 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,424since 1956
Keila over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Keila has never cracked the top 900 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 | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,548 | 136 |
| 2024 | #1,559 | 136 |
| 2023 | #2,033 | 96 |
| 2022 | #2,295 | 81 |
| 2021 | #2,266 | 81 |
| 2020 | #1,924 | 99 |
| 2019 | #1,655 | 127 |
| 2018 | #1,577 | 137 |
| 2017 | #1,580 | 138 |
| 2016 | #1,313 | 182 |
| 2015 | #1,394 | 169 |
| 2014 | #1,326 | 178 |
| 2013 | #1,198 | 200 |
| 2012 | #1,364 | 171 |
| 2011 | #1,237 | 193 |
| 2010 | #1,274 | 187 |
| 2009 | #1,121 | 225 |
| 2008 | #1,090 | 238 |
| 2007 | #1,125 | 230 |
| 2006 | #1,066 | 239 |
| 2005 | #1,035 | 232 |
| 2004 | #1,050 | 220 |
| 2003 | #1,065 | 210 |
| 2002 | #1,005 | 218 |
| 2001 | #989 | 217 |
| 2000 | #1,113 | 183 |
| 1999 | #1,054 | 192 |
| 1998 | #1,081 | 179 |
| 1997 | #1,163 | 159 |
| 1996 | #1,119 | 162 |
| 1995 | #1,100 | 161 |
| 1994 | #1,152 | 154 |
| 1993 | #1,397 | 116 |
| 1992 | #1,126 | 157 |
| 1991 | #1,144 | 155 |
| 1990 | #1,204 | 141 |
| 1989 | #1,322 | 118 |
| 1988 | #1,280 | 114 |
| 1987 | #1,512 | 85 |
| 1986 | #1,785 | 64 |
| 1985 | #1,680 | 69 |
| 1984 | #1,565 | 72 |
| 1983 | #1,751 | 61 |
| 1982 | #1,755 | 63 |
| 1981 | #1,985 | 53 |
| 1980 | #2,189 | 46 |
| 1979 | #1,596 | 71 |
| 1978 | #2,159 | 43 |
| 1977 | #1,761 | 58 |
| 1976 | #1,912 | 47 |
| 1975 | #2,565 | 30 |
| 1974 | #2,172 | 37 |
| 1973 | #2,629 | 27 |
| 1972 | #2,598 | 27 |
| 1971 | #2,955 | 23 |
| 1970 | #2,779 | 25 |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 |
| 1968 | #2,360 | 27 |
| 1967 | #2,327 | 27 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 |
| 1961 | #2,752 | 20 |
| 1960 | #3,095 | 16 |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 |
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First appearance
1956
The first year at least five girls were named Keila! It came in at #4,467, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1956–1958, when fewer than 9 girls a year got the name.
Where Keila is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Massachusetts#564 · 1 in 2,670
- Minnesota#835 · 1 in 4,296
- Florida#1,112 · 1 in 6,674
- Texas#1,117 · 1 in 6,689
- California#1,276 · 1 in 8,512
Best ever in a state: #219 in Hawaii, 1994.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Massachusetts | #564 | 9 | 1 in 2,670 |
| Minnesota | #835 | 5 | 1 in 4,296 |
| Florida | #1,112 | 13 | 1 in 6,674 |
| Texas | #1,117 | 24 | 1 in 6,689 |
| California | #1,276 | 19 | 1 in 8,512 |
| New York | #1,312 | 10 | 1 in 7,833 |
| Georgia | #1,358 | 6 | 1 in 7,535 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 376 spots since 2020 (#1,924 → #1,548)
- 154 spots since 2015 (#1,394 → #1,548)
- Biggest jump: 124 spots in 2001
- Biggest drop: 16 spots in 2002
Rise & fade · girls
45 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1956
- Peaked 2001 at #989 (217 births)
- Births halved by 2020, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 2001
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,945
- Highest: 1 in 7,945 girls born in 2008 were named Keila (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,818 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #989 in 2001, was only 1 in 8,298 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 29.8% of all girls named Keila (2,212) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1950s | 34 | #3,436 (1959) | #4,543 |
| 1960s | 158 | #2,327 (1967) | #3,558 |
| 1970s | 388 | #1,596 (1979) | #2,313 |
| 1980s | 745 | #1,280 (1988) | #1,682 |
| 1990s | 1,576 | #1,054 (1999) | #1,154 |
| 2000s | 2,212 | #989 (2001) | #1,066 |
| 2010s | 1,682 | #1,198 (2013) | #1,392 |
| 2020s | 629 | #1,548 (2025) | #1,938 |
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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