Girls' name · since 1981
Kelila
Since 1981, U.S. Social Security records show 43 babies named Kelila, peaking in 1981. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 43
- total births
- 1981–2025
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 26%
- born in that decade
Kelila sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 43 recorded since 1981.
Kelila has 43 recorded births among girls since 1981, 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 1981 to 2025.
- 43 total births
- 1981–2025 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 26% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kelila's 43 recorded births place it above 49% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kelila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kelila splits its recorded history at 2009: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1993 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1981 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kelila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (1981)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Kelila by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Kelila's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Kelila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
7 births
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 11 births (26% of all-time use).
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- Kelila's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 2020s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1981–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kelila: Baby Name Since 1981 - 43 Births, Peak 1981." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kelila. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kelila 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 July 2026.