Kela
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEH-lah
- Origin
- Modern
Kela is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Kela come from?
Modern: variant of Kayla, or short for Michaela
Is Kela a girl's or a boy's name?
Kela is a girls' name.
How popular is Kela in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1994, with 32 girls. It first appears in the records in 1950.
Half of all the girls named Kela in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,644 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,734 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,513 |
| 1994 | 32 | #3,443 |
| 1993 | 27 | #3,872 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 1989 | 31 | #3,324 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,656 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 25 | #3,418 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,285 |
| 1982 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1981 | 23 | #3,532 |
| 1980 | 19 | #3,991 |
| 1979 | 28 | #2,997 |
| 1978 | 21 | #3,512 |
| 1977 | 24 | #3,175 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,286 |
| 1975 | 27 | #2,743 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,040 |
| 1973 | 22 | #3,014 |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,894 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,166 |
| 1970 | 17 | #3,576 |
| 1969 | 13 | #3,957 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
Names like Kela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brenna, Kiara, Breanna, Kianna, Keely, Kiana, Kaitlyn, Cassidy, Brianna, Bryanna, Keegan, Keeley
Names related to Kela
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Kela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kela, updated 20 October 2026.