Boys' name · since 1993

Khalin

Khalin has 163 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#14,220 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#12,649 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
163
born since 1993
2000s
peak decade

Khalin currently ranks #12649 among boys' names in America, with 163 babies recorded since 1993.

Khalin has 163 recorded births among boys since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12649 as of the latest data, more common than 9% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.

  • #14,220 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #12,649 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 163 born since 1993
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khalin ranks #14,220 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,649 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 163 born since 1993, peaking in the 2000s.

#14,220 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#12,649 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
163
born since 1993
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%9.1%
Khalin vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Khalin's 163 recorded births place it above 68.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Khalin compares

163 34th 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

Khalin's all-time total is 56% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Khalin Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 163 369 358,536
Peak-year births 17 34 22,252

Khalin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Khalin splits its recorded history at 2005: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1993 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Khalin popularity over time - boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2007)
17
Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
05101520 19931997200020042007201220202025 5

Khalin popularity over time - girls

6 total births recorded since 1996 (Khalin as girls' name)

Unisex variant - 6 births
6 1996 6

Khalin by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (61 births, 37% of the file).

2000s was Khalin's strongest decade.

61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.

Khalin births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 61 births (37% of all-time use).

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Khalin?
Khalin has been given to 163 babies in the U.S. since 1993, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #14,220 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Among boys in 2025, it is #12,649 of 13,930. 17 babies were born in 2007, its single highest year.
Where does Khalin sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khalin ranks #14,220 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,649 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 Khalin most popular?
Khalin was most popular in the 2000s decade with 61 total births. The single peak year was 2007.
How long has the name Khalin been used?
The SSA has tracked Khalin since 1993 -- 33 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Khalin?
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 Khalin's data

  • Khalin's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (61 total births) through the 2020s (26) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

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 Khalin: 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, 1993–2025 (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 Khalin 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.