Kahlia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAH-lee-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,295 for girls
Kahlia is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,295th for girls in the US (47 babies).
Where does Kahlia come from?
Modern: modern spelling related to Kalia and Kaliyah
Is Kahlia a girl's or a boy's name?
Kahlia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 47 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kahlia in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 5 girls.
Kahlia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 2 | #7,531 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
How popular is Kahlia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,295th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 47 about 1 in 34,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 47 girls in the US were named Kahlia, making it the 3,295th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,580th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 66 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Kahlia in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 52 girls in the US were given Kahlia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,513, up from #3,295 for this spelling alone.
- Kahlia 47
- Kahliah 5
Kahlia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #3,295 |
| 2024 | 46 | #3,395 |
| 2023 | 65 | #2,674 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,961 |
| 2021 | 63 | #2,715 |
| 2020 | 66 | #2,580 |
| 2019 | 52 | #3,084 |
| 2018 | 56 | #2,927 |
| 2017 | 46 | #3,386 |
| 2016 | 45 | #3,464 |
| 2015 | 44 | #3,533 |
| 2014 | 46 | #3,423 |
| 2013 | 37 | #4,000 |
| 2012 | 48 | #3,363 |
| 2011 | 36 | #4,071 |
| 2010 | 37 | #4,022 |
| 2009 | 36 | #4,195 |
| 2008 | 37 | #4,178 |
| 2007 | 50 | #3,329 |
| 2006 | 50 | #3,263 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 36 | #3,894 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,307 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,301 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
Names like Kahlia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Khadija, Safa, Amira, Aaliyah, Zainab, Ayla, Hafsa, Amaya, Ayah, Hiba, Raya, Ayra
Names related to Kahlia
Kali, Kaliyah, Kaila, Khalilah, Kalia, Kalila, Kaliah, Kalilah, Khalia, Kaleia, Khali
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kahlia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kahlia, updated 20 October 2026.