girls:
9.2k births since 1961
#1682 (71st percentile)
overall:
9.2k births since 1961
#2809 (64th percentile)
The name Keyla is the #2,809 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 9,197 recorded births since 1961. This represents the 63.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 63.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,682 (70.6% percentile) for all time with 9,197 births since 1961.
Keyla first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1961 (first recorded for girls in 1961). Birth data for Keyla is available in 57 out of the 63 years between 1961 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Keyla reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 41.5% percentile (ranked #560) with 221 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 221 births per million (ranked 41.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Keyla ranks #658 for girls (30.6% percentile) with 173 births per million, which is 78.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Keyla".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Keyla. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 56.8% confident that Keyla is pronounced as KAY-luh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEE-luh, at 43.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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