Khai
Khai was the 1179th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 175 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 724th with 367 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 308 places. More babies were named Khai in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,179 boys, up 90 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 175boys
- Girls and boys
- 11% girls, 89% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2023367 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,670babies recorded
Khai popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,410 | #1,179 | 32 | 175 |
| 2020 | #5,757 | #1,269 | 21 | 145 |
| 2010 | #6,515 | #2,085 | 20 | 65 |
| 2000 | — | #3,710 | — | 22 |
| 1990 | — | #4,091 | — | 14 |
| 1980 | — | #4,338 | — | 9 |
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How popular is Khai, counting every spelling?
Khai has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #1,114 for boys in 2025, against #1,179 on the official list.
How many kids will share the name Khai?
175 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Khai (0.05 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Khai born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 48 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Khai.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Khai?
About 3,100 people born in the US named Khai are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 4 and 15. That makes Khai a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Khai by state
How common Khai was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Louisiana (2.8×), Georgia (1.9×), Florida (1.8×), Oklahoma (1.6×). In 23 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Khai: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Khai, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Khai
How popular is the name Khai?
Khai was the 1179th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 175 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 724th with 367 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 308 places. More babies were named Khai in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Khai a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 11% girls, 89% boys given the name Khai in the US.
Where is Khai most popular?
In 2021–2025, Khai was most common in Louisiana (0.41 per 1,000 boys), followed by Georgia and Florida.