Girls' name · since 1994
Khaliyah
1,602 babies named Khaliyah in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,463 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,239 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,602
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Khaliyah is the #3239 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,602 recorded since 1994.
Khaliyah has 1,602 recorded births among girls since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3239 as of the latest data, more common than 81% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.
- #5,463 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,239 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,602 born since 1994
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khaliyah ranks #5,463 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,239 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,602 born since 1994, peaking in the 2010s.
- #5,463 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,239 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,602
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Khaliyah's 1,602 recorded births place it above 92.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
15 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Khaliyah compares
1,602 Top 25% higher than 75% 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
Khaliyah's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Khaliyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,602 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 78 | 21 | 19,840 |
Khaliyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Khaliyah splits its recorded history at 2010: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1994 (10 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 78 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Khaliyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 78
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Khaliyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (648 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Khaliyah's strongest decade.
648 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Khaliyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 130
1990s
130 births
- 2000s
2000s
516 births
- 2010s
2010s
648 births
- 2020s
2020s
308 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 648 births (40% of all-time use).
How Khaliyah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Khaliyah's total volume
Khaliyah by state
Where Khaliyah concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 104 | 6.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 95 | 5.9% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 72 | 4.5% |
| #4 | California | | 51 | 3.2% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 29 | 1.8% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 23 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 21 | 1.3% |
| #8 | New York | | 21 | 1.3% |
104 of 1,602 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Khaliyah appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Khaliyah's data
- Khaliyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (648 total births) through the 2020s (308) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Florida records the most Khaliyahs (104 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida 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 Khaliyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1994–2025 (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 Khaliyah 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.