Boys' name · since 2008
Khaos
Khaos has 188 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,344 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,566 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 188
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Khaos is the #5566 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 188 recorded since 2008.
Khaos has 188 recorded births among boys since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5566 as of the latest data, more common than 60% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #13,344 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,566 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 188 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khaos ranks #13,344 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,566 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 188 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,344 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,566 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 188
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Khaos's 188 recorded births place it above 70.64% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Khaos compares
188 37th 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
Khaos's all-time total is 49% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Khaos | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 188 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 34 | 22,252 |
Khaos's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Khaos's full recorded timeline at 2019, 70% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 30% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2008, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 29 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Khaos popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Khaos popularity over time - girls
6 total births recorded since 2021 (Khaos as girls' name)
Khaos by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (122 births, 65% of the file).
2020s was Khaos's strongest decade.
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Khaos births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
61 births
- 2020s
2020s
122 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 122 births (65% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Khaos: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~17 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, 2008–2025 (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 Khaos 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.