Boys' name · since 2002
Khush
147 babies named Khush in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,879 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,860 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 147
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Khush currently ranks #12860 among boys' names in America, with 147 babies recorded since 2002.
Khush has 147 recorded births among boys since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12860 as of the latest data, more common than 8% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #14,879 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,860 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 147 born since 2002
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khush ranks #14,879 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,860 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 147 born since 2002, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,879 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,860 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 147
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Khush's 147 recorded births place it above 67.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Khush compares
147 32nd 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
Khush's all-time total is 60% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Khush | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 147 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Khush's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Khush's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2002, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Khush popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Khush by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (65 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Khush's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Khush births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
65 births
- 2010s
2010s
60 births
- 2020s 22
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 65 births (44% of all-time use).
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What to do with Khush's data
- Khush's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (65 total births) through the 2020s (22) -- 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 Khush: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~23 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, 2002–2025 (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 Khush 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.