Girls' name · since 2015
Khairah
Since 2015, U.S. Social Security records show 20 babies named Khairah, peaking in 2015. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #46,049 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,574 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 20
- born since 2015
- 2010s
- peak decade
20 babies have been named Khairah since 2015, making it today's #16574 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khairah has been recorded 20 times among girls since 2015, currently ranked #16574 nationally and more common than 4% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2015 to 2025.
- #46,049 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,574 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 20 born since 2015
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khairah ranks #46,049 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,574 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 20 born since 2015, peaking in the 2010s.
- #46,049 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,574 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 20
- born since 2015
- 2010s
- peak decade
Khairah's 20 recorded births place it above 35.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Khairah compares
20 8th 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
Khairah's all-time total is 95% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Khairah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 20 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 5 | 21 | 19,840 |
Khairah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Khairah's SSA record in two at 2024 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2015, with only 5 births recorded.
Khairah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Khairah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (10 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Khairah's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Khairah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 10 births (50% of all-time use).
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What to do with Khairah's data
- Khairah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 2020s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Khairah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~10 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, 2015–2025 (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 Khairah 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.