Khaya

Where Khaya comes from

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  • Vowel-ended
Khaya through the years
  1. 1993
    First appearance
    #11,780 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2014
    Peak, #5,993
    21 babies named Khaya, the most in any year.
  3. 2015
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #13,006.
In the dictionary

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Namesakes

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