girls:
824 births since 1969
#4892 (14th percentile)
boys:
22 births since 1981
#4564 (0th percentile)
overall:
846 births since 1969
#6893 (11th percentile)
The name Keala is the #6,893 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 846 recorded births since 1969. This represents the 10.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,892 (14.4% percentile) for all time with 824 births since 1969. For boys, it ranks #4,564 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 22 births since 1981.
Keala first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1969 (1969 for girls and 1981 for boys).
The name Keala has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.4% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Keala reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 4.8% percentile (ranked #894) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 25 births per million (ranked 4.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Keala ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 25.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Keala reached its peak popularity in 1981, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #680) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1981, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2008.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Keala".
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Our model has identified 13 different pronunciations for the name Keala. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 22.5% confident that Keala is pronounced as kee-AH-luh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEE-uh-luh, at 12.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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