How rare is the name Keila?

8,338 people in the United States have the first name Keila, about 1 in 36,223. It ranks #2,786 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

KEILA

#2,786

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,338
About
1 in 36,223
This common or more
80.8%
Who bears it

Of the 8,338 people named Keila, 72.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 13.8% as White and 8.5% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Keila peaked in 2006, when 239 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19562025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
239
In 2025*
136 ▼43%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 7,424 babies have been given the name since 1956. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Keila by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,916. The largest share of babies named Keila, 44.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#9,21734
1960s#4,995158
1970s#3,459388
1980s#2,631745
1990s#2,0071,576
2000s#1,9162,212
2010s#2,4661,682
2020s#3,452629
Baby boom 1946–641.4%
Generation X 1965–807%
Millennials 1981–9623.5%
Generation Z 1997–1244.4%
2013 and later23.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Keila is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Keila has been most common in Texas (3.2×), California (2.9×), and Florida (2.4×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.14×).

4,866 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Keila

1 other first name also has 8,338 people.

#2,786 Valery · 8,338

Either side of Keila

#2,784 Dino · 8,358#2,785 Freya · 8,353#2,786 Valery · 8,338#2,788 Cherish · 8,334

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Keila, most common first.

#2,886 Keyla · 7,927#5,335 Keily · 3,243#10,334 Keilah · 1,297#12,747 Kela · 967#12,874 Keela · 952#13,322 Keala · 910#17,930 Keola · 607#20,433 Kella · 506

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