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.

Kela

#7,568 most common girls' name of all time · #12,686 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1950–2016

Rank among girls
#7,568
Rank overall
#12,686 of 105,966
First appeared
1950
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
901
Since 2016
8
Peak year
1994 #3,470
Best rank
#2,780 1975
Girls Boys peak 32/yr
196019802000

Kela first appears in 1950. 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
2016 8 — 8 #11,953
2011 7 — 7 #13,555
2009 7 — 7 #13,931
2008 10 — 10 #10,941
2007 12 — 12 #9,636
2006 9 — 9 #11,577
2005 15 — 15 #7,570
2004 14 — 14 #7,930
2003 15 — 15 #7,286
2002 19 — 19 #5,955
2001 14 — 14 #7,415
2000 25 — 25 #4,687
1999 22 — 22 #4,912
1998 20 — 20 #5,188
1997 28 — 28 #3,929
1996 21 — 21 #4,782
1995 22 — 22 #4,566
1994 32 — 32 #3,470
1993 27 — 27 #3,916
1992 21 — 21 #4,746
1991 19 — 19 #5,064
1990 27 — 27 #3,846
1989 31 — 31 #3,355
1988 23 — 23 #3,946
1987 17 — 17 #4,722
1986 16 — 16 #4,805
1985 25 — 25 #3,458
1984 16 — 16 #4,576
1983 17 — 17 #4,356
1982 24 — 24 #3,471
1981 23 — 23 #3,569
1980 19 — 19 #4,058
1979 28 — 28 #3,036
1978 21 — 21 #3,576
1977 24 — 24 #3,225
1976 21 — 21 #3,352
1975 27 — 27 #2,780
1974 15 — 15 #4,141
1973 22 — 22 #3,090
1972 15 — 15 #4,005
1971 21 — 21 #3,230
1970 17 — 17 #3,658
1969 13 — 13 #4,107
1968 5 — 5 #7,540
1967 8 — 8 #5,262
1966 6 — 6 #6,234
1965 10 — 10 #4,423
1964 7 — 7 #5,804
1963 8 — 8 #5,162
1961 5 — 5 #7,123
1960 5 — 5 #6,949
1958 6 — 6 #5,910
1951 5 — 5 #6,070
1950 7 — 7 #4,726