Keyla
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 345 babies a year in the US.
How Keyla has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #809 |
| 2016 | #683 |
| 2017 | #791 |
| 2018 | #767 |
| 2019 | #777 |
| 2020 | #837 |
| 2021 | #983 |
| 2022 | #899 |
| 2023 | #886 |
| 2024 | #805 |
| 2025 | #821 |
Keyla by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Keyla. In the US, 345 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 427 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Keyla
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Keyla. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Keyla
Names that are said the same way as Keyla, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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