Khaya

Khaya was the #13,208 girls' name in the US in 2025 (6 babies), and #3,705 in England & Wales.

Khaya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Khaya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Khaya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#13,208 (6)#3,705 (6)——
2024#15,293 (5)———
2023#15,194 (5)#4,057 (5)——
2022#10,383 (9)———
2021#15,251 (5)———
2020—#4,535 (4)——
2019#13,799 (6)———
2018#11,427 (8)———
2017#15,902 (5)———
2016#10,113 (10)———
2015#13,006 (7)———
2014#5,993 (21)#4,003 (5)#876 (3)#3,316 (5)
2013#8,135 (14)———
2011#13,347 (7)#5,785 (3)——
2010#16,992 (5)———

Khaya as a boy’s name

  • England & Wales
Khaya as a boy’s name, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1996–2025, for England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.05200020052010201520202025
Khaya as a boy’s name, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1996–2025, for England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.05200020102020
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearEngland & Wales
2020#4,608 (3)
2013#2,403 (8)
2012#3,416 (5)
2010#3,865 (4)
2009#4,527 (3)
2007#3,589 (4)
2006#3,385 (4)
2005#3,208 (4)
2003#3,467 (3)
2001#3,134 (3)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2014 at #5,993.
  • First recorded in the US in 1993.

How common is it?

about 1 in 250,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 250,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 42,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Khaya is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 280,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 160,000 to 1 in 470,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KhayaCanadaGirls—too few
KhayaEngland & WalesGirls#3,7056
KhayaEngland & WalesBoys—too few
KhayaIrelandGirls—too few
KhayaUSGirls#13,2086