Given name
Keyla
“a wise daughter”
Keyla is used as a given name. One English interpretation is “a wise daughter.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a wise daughter.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Keyla through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 9,881
- 0 boys · 9,881 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 428 babies
- 2025
- 331
- #821 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −14%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 331 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 821 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 13.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 428 in 2016. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (55). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,927 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Keyla’s family of names
Keyla may belong to the same name family as KEYLLA. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 Keyla
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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