Khaya
Girl · KAH-ya
Khaya is a girls' name, meaning “home”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Khaya mean?
Xhosa and Zulu, from ikhaya 'home'
“home”
A South African name from the Nguni word ikhaya, 'home'; khaya is also the name of the African mahogany tree.
- Say it
- KAH-ya
Is Khaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Khaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khaya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 175% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Khaya, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 6 girls.
2025 had more girls named Khaya than any year since 2014.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Khaya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
How popular is Khaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Khaya, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2014, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the girls named Khaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Khaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
Names like Khaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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