Keilah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAY-lah
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,459 for girls
Keilah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 4,459th for girls in the US (31 babies).
Where does Keilah come from?
Modern: spelling of Keila; Latin American variant of Kayla; also matches the biblical town Keilah
Meaning borrowed from Keila. More on Wiktionary.
Is Keilah a girl's or a boy's name?
Keilah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 31 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keilah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 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, 3 girls in the UK were named Keilah, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2011, with 8 girls.
2025 had more girls named Keilah than any year since 2017.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Keilah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Keilah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,459among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 52,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the US were named Keilah, making it the 4,459th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 66 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Keilah in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 498 girls in the US were given Keilah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #596, up from #4,459 for this spelling alone.
Keilah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #4,459 |
| 2024 | 31 | #4,471 |
| 2023 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,161 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,003 |
| 2017 | 31 | #4,475 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2013 | 36 | #4,074 |
| 2012 | 45 | #3,522 |
| 2011 | 52 | #3,172 |
| 2010 | 47 | #3,408 |
| 2009 | 56 | #3,046 |
| 2008 | 43 | #3,709 |
| 2007 | 64 | #2,822 |
| 2006 | 51 | #3,223 |
| 2005 | 66 | #2,576 |
| 2004 | 51 | #3,029 |
| 2003 | 51 | #2,953 |
| 2002 | 61 | #2,551 |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,545 |
| 2000 | 45 | #3,066 |
| 1999 | 43 | #3,045 |
| 1998 | 45 | #2,886 |
| 1997 | 58 | #2,306 |
| 1996 | 45 | #2,710 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,487 |
| 1994 | 30 | #3,610 |
| 1993 | 42 | #2,820 |
| 1992 | 37 | #3,086 |
| 1991 | 36 | #3,091 |
| 1990 | 38 | #2,952 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 27 | #3,478 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,119 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
Names like Keilah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira Kiara Eden Kayleigh Caoimhe Nevaeh Niamh Cassidy Eilidh Teagan Caragh Aoife
Other spellings of Keilah
Names related to Keilah
Kelilah Kelia Kailah Kaelah Keiley Keily Kaileah Kaleiah Keilly
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
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, “Keilah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keilah, updated 20 October 2026.