Keala
Girl · keh-AH-lah · Hawaiian
Keala is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “the path, the way”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Keala mean?
Hawaiian: from Hawaiian ke ala
“the path, the way”
From Hawaiian ke 'the' and ala, which can mean 'path, road' or 'fragrant'.
- Say it
- keh-AH-lah
Is Keala a girl's or a boy's name?
Keala is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Keala in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Keala, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 50 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969. 6 boys were also named Keala in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Keala in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Keala in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,106 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 28 | #5,140 |
| 2007 | 32 | #4,566 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,072 |
| 2005 | 50 | #3,122 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,168 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,829 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
Names like Keala
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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