Girls' name · since 1985

Khaleah

Since 1985, U.S. Social Security records show 442 babies named Khaleah, peaking in 2014. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#12,738 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#9,061 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
442
born since 1985
2010s
peak decade

Khaleah currently ranks #9061 among girls' names in America, with 442 babies recorded since 1985.

Social Security Administration records show Khaleah recorded 442 times among girls since 1985, holding rank #9061 nationally today, ahead of 48% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2025.

  • #12,738 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #9,061 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 442 born since 1985
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khaleah ranks #12,738 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,061 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 442 born since 1985, peaking in the 2010s.

#12,738 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#9,061 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
442
born since 1985
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%47.6%
Khaleah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Khaleah's 442 recorded births place it above 82.37% 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 Georgia.

How Khaleah compares

442 Top 47% higher than 53% of 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

Khaleah's all-time total is 18% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Khaleah Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 442 376 567,345
Peak-year births 27 21 19,840

Khaleah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Khaleah splits its recorded history at 2010: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1985 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 27 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Khaleah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2014)
27
Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
051015202530 198519972002200620102014201820222025 11

Khaleah by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (180 births, 41% of the file).

2010s was Khaleah's strongest decade.

180 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.

Khaleah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 180 births (41% of all-time use).

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

Khaleah by state

Where Khaleah concentrates geographically, total births since 1985

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Khaleah
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Georgia
7 1.6%
Georgia share of Khaleah's total US births 1.6%

7 of 442 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Khaleah?
Since 1985, Social Security records show 442 babies named Khaleah. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #12,738 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #9,061 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2014, with 27 births.
Where does Khaleah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khaleah ranks #12,738 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,061 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 Khaleah most popular?
Khaleah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 180 total births. The single peak year was 2014.
Where is Khaleah most popular?
The top states for the name Khaleah are Georgia (7 births).
How long has the name Khaleah been used?
Khaleah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1985, spanning 41 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Khaleah?
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 Khaleah's data

  • Khaleah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (180 total births) through the 2020s (98) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • Georgia records the most Khaleahs (7 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia 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 Khaleah: 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, 1985–2025 (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 Khaleah 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.