Boys' name · since 1990
Khairi
516 babies named Khairi in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,756 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,915 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 516
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
516 babies have been named Khairi since 1990, making it today's #7915 boys' name.
Khairi has 516 recorded births among boys since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7915 as of the latest data, more common than 43% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #7,756 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,915 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 516 born since 1990
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khairi ranks #7,756 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,915 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 516 born since 1990, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,756 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,915 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 516
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Khairi's 516 recorded births place it above 82.93% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Khairi compares
516 Top 44% higher than 56% of 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
Khairi's all-time total is 40% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Khairi | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 516 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 34 | 34 | 22,252 |
Khairi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Khairi splits its recorded history at 2008: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2022 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2011 peak of 34 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Khairi popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Khairi popularity over time - girls
10 total births recorded since 2013 (Khairi as girls' name)
Khairi by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (220 births, 43% of the file).
2010s was Khairi's strongest decade.
220 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Khairi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
107 births
- 2000s
2000s
120 births
- 2010s
2010s
220 births
- 2020s 69
2020s
69 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 220 births (43% of all-time use).
How Khairi compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Khairi's total volume
Khairi by state
Where Khairi concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 13 | 2.5% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 5 | 1.0% |
13 of 516 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Khairi's data
- Khairi's decade-level peak was the 2010s (220 total births); usage has since declined to 69 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Khairis (13 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Khairi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Khairi 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.