girl's name

Khia

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,042

Scotland

#878

2006 births

Khia is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2002, when 97 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 663,130 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1974.

Khia over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

439
'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Khia by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 45
1980s 57
1990s 76
2000s 439
2010s 186
2020s (to 2025) 68

How popular is Khia?

In 2025, Khia was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Khia is used

Scotland #878 3 in 2006
England & Wales #4,742 5 in 2012
United States #16,792 5 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Khia

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Khia also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Khia over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Khia

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Khia — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Khia

How popular is the name Khia?

In 2025, Khia was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Khia a girl's or a boy's name?

Khia is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Khia most popular?

Khia peaked in 2002, when 97 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Khia a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Khia currently ranks #16,792 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.