Girls' name · since 2000
Khalaya
215 babies named Khalaya in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,078 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,033 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 215
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
215 babies have been named Khalaya since 2000, making it today's #7033 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Khalaya recorded 215 times among girls since 2000, holding rank #7033 nationally today, ahead of 59% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #19,078 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,033 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 215 born since 2000
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khalaya ranks #19,078 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,033 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 215 born since 2000, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,078 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,033 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 215
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Khalaya's 215 recorded births place it above 73.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Khalaya compares
215 38th 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
Khalaya's all-time total is 43% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Khalaya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 215 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Khalaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Khalaya splits its recorded history at 2016: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2000 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Khalaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Currently ranks #7033 among girls.
215 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 25 births in a single year.
Khalaya by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (93 births, 43% of the file).
2020s was Khalaya's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Khalaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 35
2000s
35 births
- 2010s
2010s
87 births
- 2020s
2020s
93 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 93 births (43% of all-time use).
Khalaya decade highlights
- Peak decade 93 births
- Runner-up 87 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Khalaya by state
Where Khalaya concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 2.8% |
6 of 215 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.8% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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- Texas records the most Khalayas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Khalaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~25 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, 2000–2025 (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 Khalaya 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.
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