Boys' name · since 1985
Khayyam
10 babies named Khayyam in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 10
- total births
- 1985–1988
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
Khayyam is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 10 have been recorded since 1985.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khayyam has been recorded 10 times among boys since 1985, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 1988.
- 10 total births
- 1985–1988 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 100% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Khayyam's 10 recorded births place it above 21% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Khayyam's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Khayyam's full recorded timeline at 1988, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1985, with just 5 recorded births.
Khayyam popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–1988
- Peak year (1985)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Khayyam by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Khayyam's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Khayyam births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1985–1988 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Khayyam: Baby Name Since 1985 - 10 Births, Peak 1985." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/khayyam. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Khayyam 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 July 2026.