Khiya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEE-ya
Khiya is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Khiya mean?
Spelling of Kiya; several sources; also an ancient Egyptian name
Kiya was a wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten in the 14th century BC.
Meaning borrowed from Kiya.
Is Khiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Khiya is a girls' name.
How popular is Khiya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Khiya in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Khiya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
Names like Khiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Kaliyah, Aaliyah, Aliya, Siya, Zainab, Salma, Zaira, Safiya, Zaniyah, Hafsa, Raya
Names related to Khiya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Khiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khiya, updated 20 October 2026.