Keela
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEE-luh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Keela is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
Where does Keela come from?
Modern: modern variant, possibly of Kayla or Keila
Is Keela a girl's or a boy's name?
Keela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keela in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Keela in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Keela in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
How popular is Keela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Keela, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1978, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1956.
Half of all the girls named Keela in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Keela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,571 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,518 |
| 1992 | 30 | #3,575 |
| 1991 | 30 | #3,534 |
| 1990 | 31 | #3,431 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,060 |
| 1987 | 25 | #3,521 |
| 1986 | 21 | #3,888 |
| 1985 | 20 | #3,982 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,725 |
| 1983 | 25 | #3,241 |
| 1982 | 23 | #3,529 |
| 1981 | 22 | #3,624 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,776 |
| 1978 | 33 | #2,572 |
| 1977 | 29 | #2,780 |
| 1976 | 23 | #3,094 |
| 1975 | 20 | #3,403 |
| 1974 | 32 | #2,396 |
| 1973 | 29 | #2,506 |
| 1972 | 28 | #2,523 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,166 |
| 1970 | 24 | #2,856 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,317 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 15 | #3,263 |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,107 |
| 1963 | 17 | #3,065 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1960 | 17 | #2,988 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
Names like Keela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira, Kiara, Aoibheann, Caoimhe, Kianna, Cassidy, Teagan, Brianna, Kiana, Eden, Caragh, Raegan
Names related to Keela
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Keela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keela, updated 20 October 2026.