Unisex name · since 2002
Khani
Since 2002, U.S. Social Security records show 174 babies named Khani, peaking in 2010. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,825 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,850 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 174
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Khani currently ranks #12850 among unisex names in America, with 174 babies recorded since 2002.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khani has been recorded 174 times among boys since 2002, currently ranked #12850 nationally and more common than 8% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #13,825 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,850 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 174 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khani ranks #13,825 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,850 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 174 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,825 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,850 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 174
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Khani's 174 recorded births place it above 69.56% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Khani compares
174 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
Khani's all-time total is 53% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Khani | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 174 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Khani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Khani's full recorded timeline at 2013, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2008, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Khani popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Khani popularity over time - girls
27 total births recorded since 2009 (Khani as girls' name)
Khani by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (91 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Khani's strongest decade.
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Khani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
57 births
- 2010s
2010s
91 births
- 2020s 26
2020s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 91 births (52% of all-time use).
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What to do with Khani's data
- Khani's decade-level peak was the 2010s (91 total births); usage has since declined to 26 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Khani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~23 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, 2002–2025 (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 Khani 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.