Khan — #6891 US boys' name
431 babies named Khan in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 52% of names given to boys today.
30% of everyone ever named Khan was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Khan in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Khan
The Social Security Administration has registered 431 babies named Khan between 1966 and 2024, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Khan currently holds the #6891 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Khan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 129 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Khan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Khan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Khan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 431 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Khan at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Khan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1966
- Peak year (2019)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
Currently ranks #6891 among boys.
431 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 22 births in a single year.
Khan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 129 births that decade — 30% of Khan's all-time total
Khan decade highlights
- Peak decade 129 births
- Runner-up 88 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Khan's strongest decade
129 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Khan by state
Where Khan concentrates geographically — total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.2% |
5 of 431 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1966–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.