Girls' name · since 1961
Keyla
Keyla has 9,881 recorded births since 1961 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,684 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #822 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,881
- born since 1961
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Keyla is the #822 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 9,881 recorded since 1961.
Keyla has 9,881 recorded births among girls since 1961, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #822 as of the latest data, more common than 95% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 2025.
- #1,684 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #822 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 9,881 born since 1961
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keyla ranks #1,684 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #822 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 9,881 born since 1961, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,684 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #822 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,881
- born since 1961
- 2010s
- peak decade
Keyla's 9,881 recorded births place it above 97.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
33 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Keyla compares
9,881 Top 10% higher than 90% 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
Keyla's all-time total is 26x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Keyla | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 9,881 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 428 | 21 | 19,840 |
Keyla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Keyla's full recorded timeline at 1996, 90% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 10% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1961, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 428 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Keyla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 428
- Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
Keyla by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (3,582 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Keyla's strongest decade.
3,582 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Keyla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 19
1960s
19 births
- 1970s 152
1970s
152 births
- 1980s 340
1980s
340 births
- 1990s 1,055
1990s
1,055 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,846 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,582 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,887 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 3,582 births (36% of all-time use).
How Keyla 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 Keyla's total volume
Keyla by state
Where Keyla concentrates geographically, total births since 1961
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,956 | 19.8% |
| #2 | California | | 1,847 | 18.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 873 | 8.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 581 | 5.9% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 406 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 334 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 296 | 3.0% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 257 | 2.6% |
1,956 of 9,881 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 33 reporting states.
Keyla appears in 33 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Keyla's data
- Keyla's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (3,582 total births) through the 2020s (1,887) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Keylas (1,956 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Keyla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~64 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, 1961–2025 (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 Keyla 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.