Keela — girls' name

What the Data Says About Keela

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,065 babies named Keela between 1956 and 2023, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Keela currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Keela performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 259 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Keela shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Keela in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Keela in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,065 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.