Khaleesia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-LEE-see-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Khaleesia is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “queen”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Khaleesia mean?
Modern: elaboration of Khaleesi, a word invented for Game of Thrones
“queen”
Khaleesi is the Dothraki title for a queen, borne by Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones.
Is Khaleesia a girl's or a boy's name?
Khaleesia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khaleesia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Khaleesia, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 2014.
Half of all the girls named Khaleesia in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Khaleesia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
Names like Khaleesia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amoura Zhamira Zaliyah Kaliyah Zaniyah Zayla Kamiyah Zaya Alaiyah Aziyah Safa Zalayah
Names related to Khaleesia
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, “Khaleesia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khaleesia, updated 20 October 2026.