Khiara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kee-AH-ra
- Origin
- Italian
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Khiara is a girls' name of Italian origin, meaning “bright (Italian) or dark (Irish)”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Khiara mean?
Italian: spelling of Kiara, itself a spelling of Italian Chiara; also of Irish Ciara
“bright (Italian) or dark (Irish)”
Can be a spelling of Italian Chiara or Irish Ciara; Kiara is also Simba's daughter in The Lion King II.
Meaning borrowed from Kiara. More on Wiktionary.
Is Khiara a girl's or a boy's name?
Khiara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khiara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Khiara, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Khiara in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 361 girls in the UK were given Khiara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #177, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Khiara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 2 | #7,531 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
How popular is Khiara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Khiara, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2019, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Khiara in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,393 girls in the US were given Khiara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #250, up from #7,131 for this spelling alone.
Khiara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
Names like Khiara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Khadija, Safa, Amira, Sienna, Hafsa, Ayla, Amaya, Hiba, Anaya, Aaliyah, Ayra, Amara
Other spellings of Khiara
Names related to Khiara
More Italian names
Aria, Enzo, Bella, Gemma, Ariyah, Milani, Ariya, Armani, Bianca, Siena, Ariah, Capri, Emiliana, Jemma, Alfredo, Nella
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, “Khiara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khiara, updated 20 October 2026.