Girls' name · since 1993
Keighla
12 babies named Keighla in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #51,921 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Keighla sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 12 recorded since 1993.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keighla has been recorded 12 times among girls since 1993, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 1996.
- #51,921 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 12 born since 1993
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keighla ranks #51,921 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12 born since 1993, peaking in the 1990s.
- #51,921 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Keighla's 12 recorded births place it above 27.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Keighla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Keighla splits its recorded history at 1996: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1993 (6 births).
Keighla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1996
- Peak year (1993)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1996.
12 total births across 4 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 6 births in a single year.
Keighla by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (12 births, 100% of the file).
1990s was Keighla's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Keighla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 12 births (100% of all-time use).
Keighla decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Keighla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~3 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, 1993–1996 (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 Keighla 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.
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