Keila — #1557 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Keila

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,288 babies named Keila between 1956 and 2024, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Keila currently holds the #1557 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 239 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Keila performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,212 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Keila shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,393 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Keila in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Keila 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 7,288 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.