Khaliah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 44 babies a year in the US.
Khaliah by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Khaliah. In the US, 44 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Khaliah
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Khaliah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Khaliabeloved friend; feminine form of Khalil115 in the US (2017)
- Khaliyahbeloved friend; feminine form of Khalil67 in the US (2017)
- Khalilahfriend, companion; feminine form of khalil17 in England and Wales (2025)
- Khalisahpure or sincere3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kaliah100 in the US (2017)
- Khaleah14 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Khaliah
Names that are said the same way as Khaliah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Khaliah
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