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.

Keala

#7,685 most common girls' name of all time · #12,858 across all names · 3% male / 97% female · used 1969–2025

Rank among girls
#7,685
Rank overall
#12,858 of 105,966
First appeared
1969
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
881
Since 2016
127
Peak year
2005 #3,145
Best rank
#3,145 2005
Girls Boys peak 50/yr
198020002020

Keala first appears in 1969. 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 11 6 17 #9,006
2024 18 — 18 #6,457
2023 11 — 11 #9,165
2022 14 — 14 #7,736
2021 9 — 9 #10,490
2020 9 — 9 #10,442
2019 11 — 11 #9,265
2018 17 — 17 #6,879
2017 10 — 10 #10,126
2016 11 — 11 #9,578
2015 7 — 7 #13,293
2014 17 — 17 #7,079
2013 10 — 10 #10,416
2012 18 — 18 #6,968
2011 19 — 19 #6,635
2010 27 — 27 #5,158
2009 15 — 15 #8,179
2008 28 5 33 #5,186
2007 32 — 32 #4,607
2006 36 — 36 #4,115
2005 50 — 50 #3,145
2004 33 5 38 #4,224
2003 22 — 22 #5,485
2002 24 — 24 #4,976
2001 24 — 24 #4,906
2000 24 — 24 #4,883
1999 18 — 18 #5,747
1998 18 — 18 #5,690
1997 16 — 16 #5,998
1996 18 — 18 #5,383
1995 21 — 21 #4,753
1994 14 — 14 #6,480
1993 10 — 10 #8,317
1992 14 — 14 #6,465
1991 8 — 8 #9,678
1990 17 5 22 #5,436
1989 13 — 13 #6,342
1988 12 — 12 #6,466
1987 12 — 12 #6,137
1986 12 — 12 #5,977
1985 11 — 11 #6,280
1984 10 — 10 #6,590
1983 8 — 8 #7,725
1982 7 — 7 #8,724
1981 13 7 20 #5,460
1980 13 — 13 #5,442
1979 12 — 12 #5,649
1978 8 — 8 #7,363
1977 10 — 10 #6,190
1976 8 — 8 #7,062
1975 5 — 5 #9,857
1974 7 — 7 #7,435
1973 5 — 5 #9,221
1972 5 — 5 #9,141
1971 7 — 7 #7,236
1970 7 — 7 #6,957
1969 7 — 7 #6,576