Khaia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KY-a
- Origin
- Scandinavian
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Khaia is a girls' name of Scandinavian origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Khaia mean?
Scandinavian: spelling of Kaia; Scandinavian pet form of Katarina; also used as a feminine of Kai
Kaia and Kaja are Scandinavian pet forms of Katarina, while English speakers often treat it as a feminine form of Kai.
Meaning borrowed from Kaia.
Is Khaia a girl's or a boy's name?
Khaia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khaia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Khaia, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Khaia in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Khaia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
Names like Khaia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zaya, Zayla, Kaliyah, Zainab, Hafsa, Salem, Zaniyah, Rahma, Zaira, Aaliyah, Zamira
Names related to Khaia
More Scandinavian names
Jenson, Jensen, Maren, Gustavo, Anders, Stellan, Iverson, Kari, Kaja, Larson, Olsen, Nea, Ronya, Jensyn, Soley, Loa
Sources
Figures from 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, “Khaia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khaia, updated 20 October 2026.