Keela
Keela is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 197833 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1956
- 1,065people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,065 girls have been named Keela in the United States since 1956, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1978, with 33 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 33 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1985, and the 1970s alone account for 24%.
By decade
In 1978, its biggest year
Keela was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1978 were Jennifer, Melissa, Jessica, Amy and Heather. See all of 1978.
Names that rose and fell with Keela
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Suzanapeak 1979
- Vasilikipeak 1976
- Deliciapeak 1971
- Maribelpeak 1980
- Alisonpeak 1980
- Kamiepeak 1978
- Kevapeak 1974
- Micapeak 1989
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.