Keela

Keela was the #14,942 girls' name in the US in 2025 (5 babies).

Keela as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Keela as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020IrelandUS
Keela as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIreland
2025#14,942 (5)———#885 (3)
2024—#5,892 (3)———
2023#15,194 (5)———#495 (7)
2022#10,383 (9)———#634 (5)
2021————#464 (8)
2020#13,453 (6)#5,493 (3)——#495 (7)
2019#10,473 (9)———#395 (10)
2018#10,545 (9)#4,684 (4)—#361 (4)#319 (14)
2017#7,442 (15)#4,063 (5)——#365 (11)
2016#9,411 (11)———#476 (8)
2015#7,613 (15)#4,103 (5)—#426 (3)#402 (11)
2014#8,053 (14)#4,003 (5)——#336 (14)
2013#7,748 (15)#3,160 (7)——#357 (13)
2012#6,576 (19)#5,876 (3)——#354 (14)
2011#9,150 (12)#3,185 (7)——#359 (13)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1974 at #2,396.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1956.

How common is it?

about 1 in 330,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 330,000rare
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon