Keola — #6914 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Keola

The Social Security Administration has registered 575 babies named Keola between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Keola currently holds the #6914 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 27 babies received it in a single year. Keola is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 31 additional births since 1974.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Keola performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 123 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Keola shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 342 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Keola in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Keola 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 575 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.