Girls' name · since 1994
Khaira
Since 1994, U.S. Social Security records show 107 babies named Khaira, peaking in 2014. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,393 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,398 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 107
- born since 1994
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Khaira is the #12398 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 107 recorded since 1994.
Khaira has 107 recorded births among girls since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12398 as of the latest data, more common than 28% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.
- #26,393 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,398 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 107 born since 1994
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khaira ranks #26,393 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,398 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 107 born since 1994, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,393 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,398 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 107
- born since 1994
- 2020s
- peak decade
Khaira's 107 recorded births place it above 63.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Khaira compares
107 26th 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
Khaira's all-time total is 72% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Khaira | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 107 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Khaira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Khaira's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1994, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2014 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Khaira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Khaira by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (43 births, 40% of the file).
2020s was Khaira's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Khaira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
18 births
- 2010s
2010s
41 births
- 2020s
2020s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 43 births (40% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Khaira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1994–2025 (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 Khaira 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.