Khala — girls' name

What the Data Says About Khala

The Social Security Administration has registered 281 babies named Khala between 1982 and 2006, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Khala currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Khala performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 171 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Khala shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Khala in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Khala in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 281 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.