Girls' name · since 1998
Khaia
Khaia has 101 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,010 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,924 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 101
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Khaia is the #13924 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 101 recorded since 1998.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khaia has been recorded 101 times among girls since 1998, currently ranked #13924 nationally and more common than 20% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #27,010 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,924 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 101 born since 1998
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khaia ranks #27,010 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,924 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 101 born since 1998, peaking in the 2020s.
- #27,010 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,924 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 101
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Khaia's 101 recorded births place it above 62.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Khaia compares
101 25th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Khaia's all-time total is 73% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Khaia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 101 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Khaia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Khaia splits its recorded history at 2015: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Khaia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Khaia by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (54 births, 53% of the file).
2020s was Khaia's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Khaia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
26 births
- 2010s 16
2010s
16 births
- 2020s
2020s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 54 births (53% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Khaia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~27 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Khaia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.