Khaliyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-LY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,211 for girls
Khaliyah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 3,211th for girls in the US (49 babies).
Where does Khaliyah come from?
Modern: spelling of Kaliyah; modern name, probably modelled on Aaliyah
Meaning borrowed from Kaliyah. More on Wiktionary.
Is Khaliyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Khaliyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 49 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khaliyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Khaliyah, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2019, with 9 girls.
2025 had more girls named Khaliyah than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Khaliyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 65 girls in the UK were given Khaliyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #598, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.
- Kaliyah 57
- Khaliyah 8
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Khaliyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
How popular is Khaliyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,211among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 49about 1 in 33,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 49 girls in the US were named Khaliyah, making it the 3,211th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,416th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 78 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Khaliyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 943 girls in the US were given Khaliyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #353, up from #3,211 for this spelling alone.
Khaliyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | #3,211 |
| 2024 | 51 | #3,119 |
| 2023 | 45 | #3,475 |
| 2022 | 42 | #3,651 |
| 2021 | 49 | #3,250 |
| 2020 | 72 | #2,416 |
| 2019 | 77 | #2,331 |
| 2018 | 69 | #2,532 |
| 2017 | 67 | #2,597 |
| 2016 | 74 | #2,463 |
| 2015 | 68 | #2,619 |
| 2014 | 50 | #3,224 |
| 2013 | 59 | #2,869 |
| 2012 | 61 | #2,831 |
| 2011 | 70 | #2,554 |
| 2010 | 53 | #3,122 |
| 2009 | 78 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 55 | #3,083 |
| 2007 | 67 | #2,710 |
| 2006 | 58 | #2,939 |
| 2005 | 38 | #3,805 |
| 2004 | 61 | #2,675 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 59 | #2,602 |
| 2001 | 39 | #3,413 |
| 2000 | 29 | #4,180 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,020 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
Names like Khaliyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Safa Ayah Zainab Sumayyah Nusaybah Ruqayyah Zaniyah Aafiyah Hafsa Kamiyah Khadija
Other spellings of Khaliyah
Names related to Khaliyah
Khawlah Khalilah Khalayah Kaliah Kaylah Khawla Kalilah Khalia Caliyah Kahlia
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, “Khaliyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khaliyah, updated 20 October 2026.