Girls' name · since 1976
Keilah
Keilah has 1,602 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,462 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,489 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,602
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Keilah currently ranks #4489 among girls' names in America, with 1,602 babies recorded since 1976.
Social Security Administration records show Keilah recorded 1,602 times among girls since 1976, holding rank #4489 nationally today, ahead of 74% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2025.
- #5,462 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,489 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,602 born since 1976
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keilah ranks #5,462 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,489 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,602 born since 1976, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,462 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,489 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,602
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Keilah's 1,602 recorded births place it above 92.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Keilah compares
1,602 Top 25% higher than 75% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Keilah's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Keilah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,602 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 66 | 21 | 19,840 |
Keilah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Keilah's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 62% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 38%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 66, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Keilah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 66
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Keilah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (525 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Keilah's strongest decade.
525 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Keilah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 30
1970s
30 births
- 1980s 132
1980s
132 births
- 1990s
1990s
405 births
- 2000s
2000s
525 births
- 2010s
2010s
362 births
- 2020s 148
2020s
148 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 525 births (33% of all-time use).
How Keilah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Keilah's total volume
Keilah by state
Where Keilah concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 241 | 15.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 102 | 6.4% |
| #3 | Florida | | 50 | 3.1% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 27 | 1.7% |
| #5 | New York | | 11 | 0.7% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.3% |
241 of 1,602 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Keilah's data
- Keilah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (525 total births); usage has since declined to 148 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Keilahs (241 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Keilah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1976–2025 (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 Keilah 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.