Khayrah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KHY-rah
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Khayrah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “good, virtuous”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Khayrah mean?
Arabic: feminine form built on khayr
“good, virtuous”
Built on khayr, the Arabic word for goodness and blessing.
Is Khayrah a girl's or a boy's name?
Khayrah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khayrah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 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, 3 girls in the UK were named Khayrah, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2010, with 6 girls.
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were given Khayrah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,607, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
- Khairah 13
- Khayrah 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Khayrah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
Names like Khayrah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Nusaybah Ayah Hafsa Hiba Aaliyah Izzah Safaa Ruqayyah Rahma Aaminah
Other spellings of Khayrah
Names related to Khayrah
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Khayrah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khayrah, updated 20 October 2026.