Keola
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- keh-OH-lah
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Keola is a boys' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “the life”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Keola mean?
Hawaiian: Hawaiian ke 'the' + ola 'life'
“the life”
Built from Hawaiian ke 'the' and ola, a word for life, health and well-being.
Is Keola a girl's or a boy's name?
Keola is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keola in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Keola, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1981, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Keola in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Keola in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 27 | #1,995 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 20 | #2,378 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,668 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,555 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,900 |
| 1974 | 20 | #2,129 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
Names like Keola
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Omari Kwame Nikola Kobe Om Obi Ayomide Keanu Dakota Kainoa Yehuda Koda
Names related to Keola
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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, “Keola: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keola, updated 20 October 2026.