Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kaela

#2,147 most common girls' name of all time · #3,645 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1967–2025

Rank among girls
#2,147
Rank overall
#3,645 of 105,966
First appeared
1967
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
6,358
Since 2016
246
Peak year
1996 #649
Best rank
#649 1996
Girls Boys peak 345/yr
198020002020

Kaela first appears in 1967. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 19 — 19 #6,174
2024 24 — 24 #5,342
2023 35 — 35 #4,136
2022 20 — 20 #6,054
2021 14 — 14 #7,721
2020 19 — 19 #6,148
2019 20 — 20 #6,037
2018 21 — 21 #5,852
2017 27 — 27 #4,961
2016 47 — 47 #3,394
2015 32 — 32 #4,432
2014 47 — 47 #3,384
2013 42 — 42 #3,668
2012 59 — 59 #2,912
2011 67 — 67 #2,653
2010 72 — 72 #2,544
2009 87 — 87 #2,259
2008 139 — 139 #1,633
2007 168 — 168 #1,417
2006 166 — 166 #1,380
2005 172 — 172 #1,299
2004 196 — 196 #1,159
2003 226 — 226 #1,023
2002 240 — 240 #934
2001 265 — 265 #863
2000 254 — 254 #869
1999 323 — 323 #701
1998 304 — 304 #727
1997 335 — 335 #657
1996 345 — 345 #649
1995 299 — 299 #704
1994 258 — 258 #793
1993 235 — 235 #838
1992 242 — 242 #829
1991 258 — 258 #796
1990 248 — 248 #808
1989 252 — 252 #772
1988 192 — 192 #904
1987 182 — 182 #915
1986 90 — 90 #1,434
1985 72 — 72 #1,647
1984 51 — 51 #2,009
1983 51 — 51 #2,013
1982 46 — 46 #2,212
1981 18 — 18 #4,275
1980 7 — 7 #8,615
1979 6 — 6 #9,526
1978 5 — 5 #10,468
1977 7 — 7 #8,049
1976 8 — 8 #7,009
1975 10 — 10 #5,839
1974 7 — 7 #7,393
1973 5 — 5 #9,146
1972 8 — 8 #6,412
1970 9 — 9 #5,757
1967 7 — 7 #6,014