Khaliah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-LEE-ah
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,171 for girls
Khaliah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 4,171st for girls in the US (34 babies).
Where does Khaliah come from?
Modern: elaboration of Khalia, perhaps influenced by Khalil
Is Khaliah a girl's or a boy's name?
Khaliah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 34 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khaliah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 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, 4 girls in the UK were named Khaliah, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 4 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Khaliah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
How popular is Khaliah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,171st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34 about 1 in 47,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the US were named Khaliah, making it the 4,171st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,077th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 44 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Khaliah in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 104 girls in the US were given Khaliah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,644, up from #4,171 for this spelling alone.
Khaliah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #4,171 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 36 | #4,045 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,503 |
| 2020 | 34 | #4,077 |
| 2019 | 35 | #4,071 |
| 2018 | 44 | #3,496 |
| 2017 | 44 | #3,478 |
| 2016 | 36 | #4,082 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,988 |
| 2014 | 37 | #4,001 |
| 2013 | 38 | #3,916 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 28 | #4,972 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,096 |
| 2008 | 37 | #4,178 |
| 2007 | 32 | #4,566 |
| 2006 | 32 | #4,462 |
| 2005 | 33 | #4,191 |
| 2004 | 34 | #4,089 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,763 |
| 2001 | 34 | #3,781 |
| 2000 | 42 | #3,212 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,309 |
| 1998 | 32 | #3,645 |
| 1997 | 32 | #3,544 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 34 | #3,280 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,225 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,714 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,343 |
| 1980 | 33 | #2,749 |
| 1979 | 22 | #3,541 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 21 | #3,485 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,811 |
Names like Khaliah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Kaliyah, Ruqayyah, Kamiyah, Sumayyah, Aaliyah, Aafiyah, Alaiyah, Nusaybah, Umamah, Umaymah, Aakifah
Other spellings of Khaliah
Kaleyah, Kaleya, Kalyiah, Caleyah, Kaleeyah, Kaleeya, Kaleiyah
Names related to Khaliah
Khawlah, Khalilah, Kalia, Khalayah, Kalila, Kaliah, Kaylah, Kaleah, Khalia, Kaleia, Khali, Kalilah
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, “Khaliah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khaliah, updated 20 October 2026.