How Many People Are Named Khala?
An estimated 272 people in the United States have the first name Khala. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 31 years old, and Khala peaked in popularity in 1996 with 25 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Khala as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Khala paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
272
About 1 in 1,260,126 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
31
years old
Peak Year
1996
25 births
Total Registered
281
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Khala
Khala is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 281 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Khala as a female name
Ranked #16,181 in 2006
6 female births in 2006
Peak: 1996 (25 births)
Khala: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Khala span from the 1980s to the 2000s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 171 babies were registered. While Khala is less common than at its peak in the 1990s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Khala by Decade
How has Khala tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Khala by State
Khala + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Khala as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Khala
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Khala: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Khala?
We estimate approximately 272 people named Khala are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,260,126 Americans share this first name.
Is Khala a common name?
Khala is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 78.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 281 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Khala most popular?
Khala reached peak popularity in 1996, when 25 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Khala is approximately 31 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Khala a female name?
Khala is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Khala Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Khala Smith, Khala Johnson, Khala Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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