Girls' name · since 2011

Khawla

Since 2011, U.S. Social Security records show 66 babies named Khawla, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#31,788 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#10,708 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
66
born since 2011
2020s
peak decade

66 babies have been named Khawla since 2011, making it today's #10708 girls' name.

Khawla has 66 recorded births among girls since 2011, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10708 as of the latest data, more common than 38% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2025.

  • #31,788 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #10,708 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 66 born since 2011
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khawla ranks #31,788 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,708 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 66 born since 2011, peaking in the 2020s.

#31,788 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#10,708 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
66
born since 2011
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%38%
Khawla vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Khawla's 66 recorded births place it above 55.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Khawla compares

66 19th 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

Khawla's all-time total is 82% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Khawla Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 66 376 567,345
Peak-year births 10 21 19,840

Khawla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Khawla splits its recorded history at 2020: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2011 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Khawla popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2021)
10
Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
4681012 2011201520172018201920202021202220242025 9

Khawla by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (35 births, 53% of the file).

2020s was Khawla's strongest decade.

35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.

Khawla births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 35 births (53% of all-time use).

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Khawla?
Since 2011, Social Security records show 66 babies named Khawla. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #31,788 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #10,708 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2021, with 10 births.
Where does Khawla sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khawla ranks #31,788 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,708 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 Khawla most popular?
Khawla was most popular in the 2020s decade with 35 total births. The single peak year was 2021.
How long has the name Khawla been used?
The SSA has tracked Khawla since 2011 -- 15 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Khawla?
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.

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Two nationwide peer axes for Khawla: 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, 2011–2025 (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 Khawla 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.