Khaira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KHY-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,779 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Khaira is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “good, excellent”. In 2025 it ranked 1,779th for girls in the UK (17 babies) and 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Khaira mean?
Arabic: probably from Arabic khayr, goodness
“good, excellent”
Is Khaira a girl's or a boy's name?
Khaira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the UK and 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khaira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,779th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were named Khaira, making it the 1,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,780th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 17 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Khaira than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Khaira in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were given Khaira or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,359, up from #1,779 for this spelling alone.
- Khaira 17
- Khayra 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,719th in England and Wales.
Khaira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,779 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,881 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,780 |
| 2019 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,813 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,874 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
How popular is Khaira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 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, 7 girls in the US were named Khaira, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 10 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Khaira in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Khaira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
Names like Khaira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Hiba, Rahma, Abeeha, Zainab, Khadija, Safaa, Huda, Ayah, Ayra, Nusaybah
Other spellings of Khaira
Khayra
Names related to Khaira
Kiara, Kaira, Kara, Khari, Khairah, Khiara, Kairah, Kahari, Karia
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
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, “Khaira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khaira, updated 20 October 2026.