Khalaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-LAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
New arrival
Khalaya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
Where does Khalaya come from?
Modern: spelling of Kalaya; modern blend, like Kaliyah and Alaya
Meaning borrowed from Kalaya.
Is Khalaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Khalaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khalaya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 5 girls.
Khalaya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
How popular is Khalaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Khalaya, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Khalaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 699 girls in the US were given Khalaya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #455, up from #6,837 for this spelling alone.
Khalaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
Names like Khalaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Safiya Abeeha Zaniyah Zaya Habiba Kaliyah Aaliyah Ruqayyah Zaisha Kamiyah Sumayyah
Other spellings of Khalaya
Kalea Kalayah Kalaya Kaleia Calayah Caleah Khalea Calaya Kaleiah Calea Khaleah
Names related to Khalaya
Khawlah Khalilah Khalayah Khawla Khalila Khaliyah Khalia Khali Khalyla Khaliah
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, “Khalaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khalaya, updated 20 October 2026.