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.

Keela

#6,746 most common girls' name of all time · #11,346 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1956–2025

Rank among girls
#6,746
Rank overall
#11,346 of 105,966
First appeared
1956
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
1,070
Since 2016
69
Peak year
1978 #2,608
Best rank
#2,420 1974
Girls Boys peak 33/yr
1960198020002020

Keela first appears in 1956. 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 5 — 5 #15,241
2023 5 — 5 #15,565
2022 9 — 9 #10,539
2020 6 — 6 #13,721
2019 9 — 9 #10,633
2018 9 — 9 #10,701
2017 15 — 15 #7,525
2016 11 — 11 #9,540
2015 15 — 15 #7,691
2014 14 — 14 #8,151
2013 15 — 15 #7,832
2012 19 — 19 #6,651
2011 12 — 12 #9,259
2010 13 — 13 #8,825
2009 12 — 12 #9,486
2008 25 — 25 #5,621
2007 14 — 14 #8,634
2006 7 — 7 #13,845
2005 14 — 14 #8,001
2004 9 — 9 #10,872
2003 8 — 8 #11,532
2002 5 — 5 #15,839
2001 13 — 13 #7,833
1999 11 — 11 #8,353
1998 9 — 9 #9,453
1997 14 — 14 #6,595
1996 14 — 14 #6,487
1995 14 — 14 #6,373
1994 12 — 12 #7,244
1993 22 — 22 #4,578
1992 30 — 30 #3,629
1991 30 — 30 #3,582
1990 31 — 31 #3,472
1989 18 — 18 #4,926
1988 16 — 16 #5,170
1987 25 — 25 #3,578
1986 21 — 21 #3,960
1985 20 — 20 #4,045
1984 21 — 21 #3,807
1983 25 — 25 #3,295
1982 23 — 23 #3,590
1981 22 — 22 #3,688
1980 16 — 16 #4,624
1979 20 — 20 #3,841
1978 33 — 33 #2,608
1977 29 — 29 #2,814
1976 23 — 23 #3,156
1975 20 — 20 #3,468
1974 32 — 32 #2,420
1973 29 — 29 #2,541
1972 28 — 28 #2,579
1971 21 — 21 #3,239
1970 24 — 24 #2,923
1969 17 — 17 #3,425
1968 9 — 9 #5,024
1967 10 — 10 #4,536
1966 6 — 6 #6,315
1965 15 — 15 #3,384
1964 17 — 17 #3,232
1963 17 — 17 #3,166
1962 10 — 10 #4,502
1961 9 — 9 #4,837
1960 17 — 17 #3,092
1959 12 — 12 #3,813
1958 6 — 6 #6,005
1956 8 — 8 #4,829