Keila

Where Keila comes from

The dictionaries list Keila as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1956
    First appearance
    #4,467 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1974
    Keila Vall de la Ville born
    Venezuelan author
  3. 1983
    Keila Costa born
    Brazilian athletics competitor
  4. 2001
    Peak, #989
    217 babies named Keila — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2020
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,924.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Keila Costa · Brazilian athletics competitor, born 1983
  • Keila Vall de la Ville · Venezuelan author, born 1974

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.