Kela is a rare variant of Kelly that was most common in the 1990s and has all but disappeared.
Kela is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2016. Kela was first reported in SSA data in 1950 and peaked in 1994 (32 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 8 | 8 | #12,332 |
| 2011 | 7 | 7 | #14,073 |
| 2009 | 7 | 7 | #14,473 |
| 2008 | 10 | 10 | #11,214 |
| 2007 | 12 | 12 | #9,857 |
| 2006 | 9 | 9 | #11,938 |
| 2005 | 15 | 15 | #7,715 |
| 2004 | 14 | 14 | #8,031 |
| 2003 | 15 | 15 | #7,401 |
| 2002 | 19 | 19 | #6,013 |
| 2001 | 14 | 14 | #7,531 |
| 2000 | 25 | 25 | #4,719 |
| 1999 | 22 | 22 | #4,944 |
| 1998 | 20 | 20 | #5,247 |
| 1997 | 28 | — | #3,949 |
| 1996 | 21 | — | #4,812 |
| 1995 | 22 | — | #4,608 |
| 1994 | 32 | — | #3,487 |
| 1993 | 27 | — | #3,928 |
| 1992 | 21 | — | #4,771 |
| 1991 | 19 | — | #5,091 |
| 1990 | 27 | — | #3,846 |
| 1989 | 31 | — | #3,358 |
| 1988 | 23 | — | #3,955 |
| 1987 | 17 | — | #4,772 |
| 1986 | 16 | — | #4,847 |
| 1985 | 25 | — | #3,464 |
| 1984 | 16 | — | #4,599 |
| 1983 | 17 | — | #4,366 |
| 1982 | 24 | — | #3,476 |
| 1981 | 23 | — | #3,571 |
| 1980 | 19 | — | #4,061 |
| 1979 | 28 | — | #3,031 |
| 1978 | 21 | — | #3,562 |
| 1977 | 24 | — | #3,222 |
| 1976 | 21 | — | #3,344 |
| 1975 | 27 | — | #2,771 |
| 1974 | 15 | — | #4,121 |
| 1973 | 22 | — | #3,068 |
| 1972 | 15 | — | #3,983 |
| 1971 | 21 | — | #3,209 |
| 1970 | 17 | — | #3,642 |
| 1969 | 13 | — | #4,056 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | #7,543 |
| 1967 | 8 | — | #5,192 |
| 1966 | 6 | — | #6,152 |
| 1965 | 10 | — | #4,342 |
| 1964 | 7 | — | #5,729 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | #5,072 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | #7,034 |
| 1960 | 5 | — | #6,819 |
| 1958 | 6 | — | #5,749 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | #5,805 |
| 1950 | 7 | — | #4,524 |