Girls' name · since 2012
Khamilah
29 babies named Khamilah in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #41,347 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Khamilah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 29 have been recorded since 2012.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khamilah has been recorded 29 times among girls since 2012, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2021.
- #41,347 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 29 born since 2012
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khamilah ranks #41,347 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 29 born since 2012, peaking in the 2010s.
- #41,347 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Khamilah's 29 recorded births place it above 42.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Khamilah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Khamilah's full recorded timeline at 2019, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2012, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Khamilah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2021
- Peak year (2018)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Khamilah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (17 births, 59% of the file).
2010s was Khamilah's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Khamilah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
17 births
- 2020s
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 17 births (59% of all-time use).
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- Khamilah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (17 total births) through the 2020s (12) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Khamilah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~9 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, 2012–2021 (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 Khamilah 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.