Given name & surname
Keola
“full of life; one who is vibrant”
Keola is used as a given name and a surname. One Hawaiian interpretation is “full of life; one who is vibrant.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hawaiian interpretation is “full of life; one who is vibrant.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hawaiian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Keola through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 612
- 581 boys · 31 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 27 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,377 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +11%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,377 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 11.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 27 in 1981. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 607 as a first name in 2020; 224 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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