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
0%100%Median name50%59.3%
Khalaya vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Khalaya's 215 recorded births place it above 73.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

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

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2022)
25
Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
51015202530 2000200720122016201920222025 16

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

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 93 births (43% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Khalaya by state

Where Khalaya concentrates geographically, total births since 2000

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Khalaya
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
6 2.8%
Texas share of Khalaya's total US births 2.8%

6 of 215 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Khalaya?
215 babies have been named Khalaya since 2000. All-time, it sits at #19,078 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #7,033 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2022 with 25 births.
Where does Khalaya sit in the SSA name archive?
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. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Khalaya most popular?
Khalaya was most popular in the 2020s decade with 93 total births. The single peak year was 2022.
Where is Khalaya most popular?
The top states for the name Khalaya are Texas (6 births).
How long has the name Khalaya been used?
Khalaya has been recorded in Social Security data since 2000, spanning 26 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Khalaya?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Khadijah, Khaleesi, Khadija, Khalia, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Khalaya's data

  • 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

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.

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.