Khai*
#2,156 most common boys' name of all time · #5,163 across all names · 87% male / 13% female · used 1977–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#2,156
Rank overall
#5,163 of 105,966
First appeared
1977
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
3,670
Since 2016
2,274
Peak year
2023 #726
Best rank
#726 2023
Girls
Boys
peak 399/yr
Khai first appears in 1977. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | 175 | 207 | #1,181 |
| 2024 | 43 | 242 | 285 | #948 |
| 2023 | 32 | 367 | 399 | #726 |
| 2022 | 35 | 278 | 313 | #865 |
| 2021 | 22 | 221 | 243 | #994 |
| 2020 | 21 | 145 | 166 | #1,268 |
| 2019 | 19 | 153 | 172 | #1,236 |
| 2018 | 20 | 168 | 188 | #1,146 |
| 2017 | 23 | 136 | 159 | #1,329 |
| 2016 | 16 | 126 | 142 | #1,395 |
| 2015 | 26 | 112 | 138 | #1,489 |
| 2014 | 17 | 119 | 136 | #1,420 |
| 2013 | 19 | 71 | 90 | #1,956 |
| 2012 | 15 | 65 | 80 | #2,098 |
| 2011 | 11 | 73 | 84 | #1,921 |
| 2010 | 20 | 65 | 85 | #2,088 |
| 2009 | 15 | 53 | 68 | #2,428 |
| 2008 | 12 | 43 | 55 | #2,813 |
| 2007 | 11 | 44 | 55 | #2,750 |
| 2006 | 14 | 51 | 65 | #2,430 |
| 2005 | 12 | 36 | 48 | #2,935 |
| 2004 | 8 | 48 | 56 | #2,366 |
| 2003 | 6 | 47 | 53 | #2,298 |
| 2002 | 8 | 34 | 42 | #2,801 |
| 2001 | 7 | 35 | 42 | #2,725 |
| 2000 | — | 22 | 22 | #3,720 |
| 1999 | 6 | 22 | 28 | #3,542 |
| 1998 | 7 | 17 | 24 | #4,138 |
| 1997 | 9 | 23 | 32 | #3,233 |
| 1996 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,507 |
| 1995 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,389 |
| 1994 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,861 |
| 1993 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,334 |
| 1992 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,067 |
| 1991 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,772 |
| 1990 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,127 |
| 1989 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,475 |
| 1988 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,705 |
| 1987 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,655 |
| 1986 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,222 |
| 1985 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,054 |
| 1984 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,138 |
| 1983 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,029 |
| 1982 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,510 |
| 1981 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,483 |
| 1980 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,461 |
| 1979 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,851 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,764 |