Unisex name · since 1999
Khi
364 babies named Khi in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,536 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,598 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 364
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Khi currently ranks #8598 among unisex names in America, with 364 babies recorded since 1999.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khi has been recorded 364 times among boys since 1999, currently ranked #8598 nationally and more common than 38% 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 1999 to 2025.
- #9,536 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,598 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 364 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khi ranks #9,536 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,598 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 364 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,536 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,598 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 364
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Khi's 364 recorded births place it above 79.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Khi compares
364 49th 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
Khi's all-time total is 1% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Khi | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 364 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 34 | 22,252 |
Khi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Khi's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 69% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 31%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2015 peak of 28, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Khi popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Khi popularity over time - girls
27 total births recorded since 2014 (Khi as girls' name)
Khi by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (186 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Khi's strongest decade.
186 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Khi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
78 births
- 2010s
2010s
186 births
- 2020s
2020s
95 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 186 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Khi's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (186 total births) through the 2020s (95) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Khi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1999–2025 (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 Khi 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.