Boys' name · since 1998

Khadim

Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 242 babies named Khadim, peaking in 2008. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#11,862 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#7,981 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
242
born since 1998
2000s
peak decade

Khadim currently ranks #7981 among boys' names in America, with 242 babies recorded since 1998.

Social Security Administration records show Khadim recorded 242 times among boys since 1998, holding rank #7981 nationally today, ahead of 43% of boys, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.

  • #11,862 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #7,981 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 242 born since 1998
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khadim ranks #11,862 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,981 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 242 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.

#11,862 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#7,981 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
242
born since 1998
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%42.7%
Khadim vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Khadim's 242 recorded births place it above 73.9% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.

How Khadim compares

242 41st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Khadim's all-time total is 34% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Khadim Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 242 369 358,536
Peak-year births 16 34 22,252

Khadim's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Khadim's full recorded timeline at 2012, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2010, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Khadim popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2008)
16
Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
05101520 19982002200620102014201820222025 10

Khadim by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (93 births, 38% of the file).

2000s was Khadim's strongest decade.

93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.

Khadim births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 93 births (38% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Khadim by state

Where Khadim concentrates geographically, total births since 1998

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Khadim
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
6 2.5%
New York share of Khadim's total US births 2.5%

6 of 242 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Khadim?
Since 1998, Social Security records show 242 babies named Khadim. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #11,862 of 45,481 boys' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #7,981 of 13,930 among boys. Its busiest year on record was 2008, with 16 births.
Where does Khadim sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khadim ranks #11,862 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,981 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Khadim most popular?
Khadim was most popular in the 2000s decade with 93 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
Where is Khadim most popular?
The top states for the name Khadim are New York (6 births).
How long has the name Khadim been used?
The SSA has tracked Khadim since 1998 -- 28 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Khadim?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Khalil, Khalid, Khari, Khai, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Khadim's data

  • Khadim's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (93 total births) through the 2020s (51) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • New York records the most Khadims (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Khadim

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Khadim: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Khadim draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.