Khala
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAH-lah
- Origin
- Modern
Khala is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Khala mean?
Modern: variant of Kala or Kayla
In Arabic and Urdu, khala is the everyday word for a maternal aunt.
Is Khala a girl's or a boy's name?
Khala is a girls' name.
How popular is Khala in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Khala in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Khala in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,713 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
Names like Khala
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaira Safa Shayla Salma Hiba Huda Zayra Aysha Faiza Uma Summer Rahma
Names related to Khala
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Khala: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khala, updated 20 October 2026.