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.

Keola*

#6,477 most common boys' name of all time · #16,204 across all names · 95% male / 5% female · used 1973–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#6,477
Rank overall
#16,204 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
612
Since 2016
76
Peak year
1981 #2,033
Best rank
#2,033 1981
Girls Boys peak 27/yr
198020002020

Keola first appears in 1973. 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 — 6 6 #10,980
2024 — 12 12 #6,948
2023 — 8 8 #9,130
2022 — 8 8 #9,199
2021 — 6 6 #11,100
2020 — 5 5 #12,444
2019 — 8 8 #9,130
2018 — 10 10 #7,776
2017 — 6 6 #11,150
2016 — 7 7 #9,940
2015 — 10 10 #7,664
2014 — 9 9 #8,317
2013 — 7 7 #9,946
2012 — 12 12 #6,752
2011 — 10 10 #7,678
2010 — 6 6 #11,107
2009 7 8 15 #9,231
2008 — 13 13 #6,520
2007 — 6 6 #11,271
2006 — 10 10 #7,622
2005 — 12 12 #6,368
2004 7 11 18 #6,676
2003 — 14 14 #5,387
2002 — 14 14 #5,244
2001 — 10 10 #6,636
2000 — 13 13 #5,412
1999 — 14 14 #4,900
1998 — 8 8 #7,109
1997 — 17 17 #3,969
1996 5 8 13 #6,758
1995 6 10 16 #5,710
1994 — 7 7 #7,319
1993 — 8 8 #6,498
1992 — 11 11 #5,076
1991 — 16 16 #3,746
1990 — 13 13 #4,333
1989 — 8 8 #5,977
1988 — 12 12 #4,078
1987 — 6 6 #6,538
1986 — 12 12 #3,818
1985 — 7 7 #5,557
1984 — 10 10 #4,133
1983 — 13 13 #3,384
1982 — 12 12 #3,645
1981 — 27 27 #2,033
1980 — 16 16 #2,950
1979 — 20 20 #2,457
1978 — 16 16 #2,790
1977 — 17 17 #2,659
1976 — 12 12 #3,248
1975 — 13 13 #3,071
1974 6 20 26 #2,198
1973 — 7 7 #4,490