Kela — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kela

The Social Security Administration has registered 901 babies named Kela between 1950 and 2016, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kela currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kela performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 239 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kela shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Hawaii and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Kela in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kela 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 901 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.