girls:
3.4k births since 1976
#2989 (48th percentile)
boys:
7 births since 1995
#4579 (0th percentile)
overall:
3.4k births since 1976
#4712 (39th percentile)
The name Khalia is the #4,712 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,366 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 39.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 39.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,989 (47.7% percentile) for all time with 3,359 births since 1976. For boys, it ranks #4,579 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 7 births since 1995.
Khalia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (1976 for girls and 1995 for boys).
The name Khalia has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.8% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Khalia reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 18.8% percentile (ranked #768) with 99 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 99 births per million (ranked 18.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2009, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Khalia ranks #824 for girls (13.0% percentile) with 73 births per million, which is 73.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Khalia reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #798) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1995.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Khalia".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Khalia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 28.6% confident that Khalia is pronounced as KAH-lee-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kuh-LEE-uh, at 26.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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