Khya
Girl · KY-a · Modern
Khya is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Khya mean?
Modern: spelling of Kya; of uncertain origin; linked to Kaia and Kia
Kya Clark, the Marsh Girl, is the heroine of Delia Owens's 2018 novel Where the Crawdads Sing.
- Say it
- KY-a
Meaning borrowed from Kya.
Is Khya a girl's or a boy's name?
Khya is a girls' name.
How popular is Khya 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 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Khya in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Khya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 26 | #4,945 |
| 2003 | 30 | #4,303 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,276 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
Names like Khya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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