Given name & surname
Keala
“the”·“path”
Keala is a feminine given name from Hawaiian. It is used in Hawaiian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Keala is built from elements meaning “the” and “path”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Keala through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 881
- 28 boys · 853 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 50 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #9,161 for girls · #11,360 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +19%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,161 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 8.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 50 in 2005. It also appeared in 6 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 910 as a first name in 2020; 121 as a surname in 2010.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Keala
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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