Khayr — #5039 US boys' name
55 babies named Khayr in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 65% of names given to boys today.
91% of everyone ever named Khayr was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Khayr in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Khayr
The Social Security Administration has registered 55 babies named Khayr between 2015 and 2024, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Khayr currently holds the #5039 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Khayr performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Khayr shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Khayr in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Khayr 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 55 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.
Khayr at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Khayr popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2015
- Peak year (2023)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
Currently ranks #5039 among boys.
55 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 23 births in a single year.
Khayr by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 50 births that decade — 91% of Khayr's all-time total
Khayr decade highlights
- Peak decade 50 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Khayr's strongest decade
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 91% of all-time use.
Khayr by state
Where Khayr concentrates geographically — total births since 2015
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 9.1% |
5 of 55 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 9.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 9.1% 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, 2015–2024 (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.