Khaya

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Khaya: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Khaya: Recorded since 1998, it reached #876 in 2014, and it stood at #4,056 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#876highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2023

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3848
2000	#3912
2002	#4137
2003	#4373
2007	#5201
2011	#5785
2014	#4003
2020	#4535
2023	#4056

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 9 of the 26 years from 1998 to 2023.

In 2014: #876 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4003 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1998–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #3848 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4056 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Khaya appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 10 ranked years and 41 births registered; the earliest is England and Wales · Girls, from 1998.

Khaya across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Khaya's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3848 (1998)	#3848 (1998)	#4056 (2023)	9 of 26	32 (1998–2023)	5 (2014)
England and Wales · Boys	#3134 (2001)	#2403 (2013)	#4608 (2020)	10 of 20	41 (2001–2020)	8 (2013)

Khaya by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Khaya in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000sbusiest	21	6 of 10	4
2010s	17	3 of 10	6
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Khaya appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1998 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #876 in Republic of Ireland in 2014.

Khaya's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1998 and 2023, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #876, first reached in 2014.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2014, and 16 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
5 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#4,056position in 2023, its most recent recorded year
16 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
1registrars publishing it in more than one category listIn one registrar's lists →
8births registered in its largest year, 2013Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Khawla · #2325, 17y
Khawlah · #1569, 17y
Khiara · #3031, 12y
Khivi · #2689, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Beaux · #876, 20y
Ellie-ann · #876, 20y
Inesa · #876, 11y
Lilymay · #876, 18y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ayanna · #876, 29y
Ellie-ann · #876, 20y
Jumana · #876, 27y
Ksenia · #876, 23y

Khaya was ranked #876 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2014. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Khaya and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Khaya without appearing here.

Khaya moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4527 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2403 and #4685.
Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5785 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4003 and #5691.
Therese Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5785 and #3549 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4003 and #5691.
Donna Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4535 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4056 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Khaya

Espen Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2403 and #4685 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #3334.
Aksel Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3385 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3589 and #3589.

Moved the opposite way to Khaya

Albie Compare
Between 2001 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Khaya went from #3134 to #4608 while Albie went from #728 to #35.
Alfie Compare
Between 2001 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Khaya went from #3134 to #4608 while Alfie went from #54 to #18.
Archie Compare
Between 2001 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Khaya went from #3134 to #4608 while Archie went from #60 to #9.
Arlo Compare
Between 2001 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Khaya went from #3134 to #4608 while Arlo went from #1949 to #27.

Moved the same way as Khaya

Aaron Compare
Between 2001 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Khaya went from #3134 to #4608 and Aaron from #40 to #120.
Adam Compare
Between 2001 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Khaya went from #3134 to #4608 and Adam from #16 to #34.
Alex Compare
Between 2001 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Khaya went from #3134 to #4608 and Alex from #45 to #108.
Andreas Compare
Between 2001 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Khaya went from #3134 to #4608 and Andreas from #460 to #668.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1998 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #876 in Republic of Ireland in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Khaya

Khaya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Khaya across 2 official records

Khaya by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Khaya across 2 official records

Khaya by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Khaya and the names beside it

Khaya moved ahead of

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