Girls' name · since 1994
Khila
Khila has 129 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,325 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 129
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Khila sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 129 recorded since 1994.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khila has been recorded 129 times among girls since 1994, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2020.
- #24,325 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 129 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khila ranks #24,325 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 129 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #24,325 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 129
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Khila's 129 recorded births place it above 66.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Khila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Khila's full recorded timeline at 2006, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Khila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2020
- Peak year (2005)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Khila by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (60 births, 47% of the file).
2000s was Khila's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Khila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
26 births
- 2000s
2000s
60 births
- 2010s
2010s
38 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 60 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Khila's decade-level peak was the 2000s (60 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Khila: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1994–2020 (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 Khila 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.