Khalia — #1901 US girls' name
3,465 babies named Khalia in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 89% of names given to girls today.
35% of everyone ever named Khalia was born in this single decade.
182 babies were named Khalia in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Khalia
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,465 babies named Khalia between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Khalia currently holds the #1901 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 182 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Khalia performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,204 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Khalia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 299 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Khalia in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Khalia 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 3,465 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.
Khalia at a glance
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Current rank
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Khalia popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1976
- Peak year (2019)
- 182
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
Currently ranks #1901 among girls.
3,465 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 182 births in a single year.
Khalia popularity over time — boys
7 total births recorded since 1995 (Khalia as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Khalia accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Khalia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,204 births that decade — 35% of Khalia's all-time total
Khalia decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,204 births
- Runner-up 893 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Khalia's strongest decade
1,204 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Khalia by state
Where Khalia concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 299 | 8.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 237 | 6.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 235 | 6.8% |
| #4 | New York | | 211 | 6.1% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 181 | 5.2% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 113 | 3.3% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 71 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 63 | 1.8% |
299 of 3,465 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.6% of nationwide
- Texas 6.8% of nationwide
- Florida 6.8% of nationwide
- New York 6.1% of nationwide
- Georgia 5.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 23 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Khalia appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.