Khawla

#10,510 in 2025Girls' name

Possibly gazelle, doe

Khawla has been given to 66 babies in the U.S. since 2011. In 2025 it ranked #10,510 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Khawla, 2025

1 in 368,000

Khawla over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Khawla: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly gazelle, doe

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Khawla means

Khawla may mean “gazelle, doe”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 66 girls were recorded with the name Khawla between 2011 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2021; its best national rank was #9,946 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #14,315 in 2020 to #10,510 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #12,425 in 2015 to #10,510 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Khawla?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 368,000; 9 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 179,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #10,510; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 255,323 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Khawla sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Khawla. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Khawlas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Khawla was born before 2020 — so the typical Khawla is around 5 today.

Median birth year: 2020; About 5 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 53.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 66; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 53.0% of all recorded uses (35).

Is Khawla rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +6,014; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +3,805; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +1,915; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.13×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 90.0%; Peak was 2021 (10)
Years since peak: 4; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 42.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #9,946; 2021

Spellings of Khawla

Khawla is not the most common spelling — Kayla is, with 59.9% against Khawla's 0.01%.

Kayla59.9%346,570
Karla15.8%91,586
Shawna7.9%45,531
Shayla5.3%30,933
Kaila2.5%14,556
Charla1.4%8,026
Kala1.3%7,680
Sharla1.1%6,444

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Khawla around the world

Where Khawla ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1997–2025
#3,333
in 2025
France
1991–2025
#3,447
in 2025
Canada
2018–2022
#3,322
in 2022

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Khawla by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #10,510
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 3,805
Best rank ever: #9,946; 2021
Peak year: 2021; 10 that year
First recorded: 2011
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 66
Count in 2025: 9

Names similar to Khawla

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Khaira Khailyn Khamoni Khamryn Khaleia Khaia Khamyri Khalee Khadra Khamil Kharli Khawlah Kharis Khamia Khalesi Khaniya Kharsyn Khandi Khalayah Khamya Khamaria Khalisa Khaza Khalyn

Sibling names for Khawla

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Rhianna Sydnie Alysa Adelle Anabel Hayleigh

For a brother

Aaden Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Henri

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