Girls' name · since 1982
Keelia
Since 1982, U.S. Social Security records show 162 babies named Keelia, peaking in 1987. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,986 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 162
- born since 1982
- 1990s
- peak decade
162 girls have been named Keelia since 1982, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Keelia has 162 recorded births among girls since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2014.
- #21,986 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 162 born since 1982
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keelia ranks #21,986 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 162 born since 1982, peaking in the 1990s.
- #21,986 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 162
- born since 1982
- 1990s
- peak decade
Keelia's 162 recorded births place it above 69.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Keelia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Keelia's SSA record in two at 1995 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1982, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1987 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Keelia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2014
- Peak year (1987)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Keelia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (81 births, 50% of the file).
1990s was Keelia's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Keelia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
41 births
- 1990s
1990s
81 births
- 2000s
2000s
35 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 81 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Keelia's decade-level peak was the 1990s (81 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Keelia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~32 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1982–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Keelia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.