Boys' name · since 2000
Khair
Since 2000, U.S. Social Security records show 171 babies named Khair, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,909 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,615 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 171
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
171 babies have been named Khair since 2000, making it today's #8615 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khair has been recorded 171 times among boys since 2000, currently ranked #8615 nationally and more common than 38% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #13,909 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,615 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 171 born since 2000
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khair ranks #13,909 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,615 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 171 born since 2000, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,909 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,615 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 171
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Khair's 171 recorded births place it above 69.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
How Khair compares
171 35th 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
Khair's all-time total is 54% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Khair | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 171 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Khair's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Khair's full recorded timeline at 2017, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2000, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Khair popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Khair by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (83 births, 49% of the file).
2020s was Khair's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Khair births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 23
2000s
23 births
- 2010s
2010s
65 births
- 2020s
2020s
83 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 83 births (49% of all-time use).
Khair by state
Where Khair concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 6 | 3.5% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 3.5% |
6 of 171 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Khair's data
- Georgia records the most Khairs (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Khair: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~25 yrs)
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, 2000–2025 (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 Khair 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.