Boys' name · since 2006

Khayir

108 babies named Khayir in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#16,926 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#5,012 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
108
born since 2006
2020s
peak decade

Yes -- Khayir is the #5012 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 108 recorded since 2006.

Social Security Administration records show Khayir recorded 108 times among boys since 2006, holding rank #5012 nationally today, ahead of 64% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.

  • #16,926 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #5,012 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 108 born since 2006
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khayir ranks #16,926 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,012 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 108 born since 2006, peaking in the 2020s.

#16,926 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#5,012 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
108
born since 2006
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%64%
Khayir vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Khayir's 108 recorded births place it above 62.72% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.

How Khayir compares

108 27th 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

Khayir's all-time total is 71% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Khayir Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 108 369 358,536
Peak-year births 28 34 22,252

Khayir's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Khayir's full recorded timeline at 2023, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 28 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Khayir popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2022)
28
Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
0102030 200620212022202320242025 20

Khayir by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (103 births, 95% of the file).

2020s was Khayir's strongest decade.

103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 95% of all-time use.

Khayir births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 103 births (95% of all-time use).

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

Khayir by state

Where Khayir concentrates geographically, total births since 2006

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Khayir
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Georgia
5 4.6%
Georgia share of Khayir's total US births 4.6%

5 of 108 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Khayir?
Since 2006, Social Security records show 108 babies named Khayir. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #16,926 of 45,481 boys' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #5,012 of 13,930 among boys. Its busiest year on record was 2022, with 28 births.
Where does Khayir sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khayir ranks #16,926 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,012 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 Khayir most popular?
Khayir was most popular in the 2020s decade with 103 total births. The single peak year was 2022.
Where is Khayir most popular?
The top states for the name Khayir are Georgia (5 births).
How long has the name Khayir been used?
The SSA has tracked Khayir since 2006 -- 20 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Khayir?
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 Khayir's data

  • Georgia records the most Khayirs (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia 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 Khayir: 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, 2006–2025 (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 Khayir 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.