Girls' name · since 1970
Kiela
Kiela has 277 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 277
- total births
- 1970–2014
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 29%
- born in that decade
Kiela sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 277 recorded since 1970.
Kiela has 277 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2014.
- 277 total births
- 1970–2014 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 29% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kiela's 277 recorded births place it above 77% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Kiela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kiela's full recorded timeline at 1995, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kiela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2014
- Peak year (2006)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Kiela by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Kiela's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Kiela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 26
1970s
26 births
- 1980s
1980s
52 births
- 1990s
1990s
78 births
- 2000s
2000s
80 births
- 2010s
2010s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 80 births (29% of all-time use).
Kiela by state
Where Kiela concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 9 | 3.2% |
9 of 277 births nationwide.
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- Kiela's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (80 total births) through the 2010s (41) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Kielas (9 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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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, 1970–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kiela: Baby Name Since 1970 - 277 Births, Peak 2006." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kiela. 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 Kiela 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.