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Keola

#11,373 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

The + life; healthy one

Keola has been given to 612 babies in the U.S. since 1973. In 2025 it ranked #11,373 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1981, with 27 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 95% boys, 5% girls all-time.

Babies named Keola, 2025

1 in 553,000

Keola over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Keola over time

In 2025, Keola went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19732025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Keola: meaning, origin, and history

The + life; healthy one

Hawaiian

What Keola means

Keola means “the + life; healthy one”, associated with ke and ola.

Origin, language, and formation

Keola is used in Hawaiian. Its origins include Hawaiian.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hawaiian, Keola is pronounced /keˈo.la/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 581 boys were recorded with the name Keola between 1973 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 27 in 1981; its best national rank was #2,019 in 1981.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,142 in 2020 to #11,373 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #7,784 in 2015 to #11,373 in 2025.

In the United States, 31 girls were recorded with the name Keola between 1974 and 2009. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2004; its best national rank was #8,150 in 1974.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Keola?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 285,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#11,373
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Keola sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Keola. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Keolas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Keola was born before 1995 — so the typical Keola is around 30 today.

Median birth year
1995
About 30 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
21.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
39.2%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
581
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Choose a decade

1980s — 21.2% of all recorded uses (123).

Is Keola rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−4,319
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,769
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−3,589
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.60×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
22.2%
Peak was 1981 (27)
Years since peak
44
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
36.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,019
1981

Spellings of Keola

Keola is not the most common spelling — Kelly is, with 54.5% against Keola's 0.38%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Keola is used

Across 1910–2025, Keola was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 1,667 boys, against 1 in 51,870 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).

060 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Hawaii1 in 1,667
  2. 2California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Keola has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Keola around the world

Where Keola ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • South Australia
    1985–1985
    #449
    in 1985

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Keola by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#11,373
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,769
Best rank ever
#2,019
1981
Peak year
1981
27 that year
First recorded
1973
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
581
Count in 2025
6

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#8,150
1974
Peak year
2004
7 that year
First recorded
1974
Last recorded
2009
All-time count
31
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Keola

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Keola

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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