Boys' name · since 2008
Khushal
Khushal has 26 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,985 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 26
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Khushal sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 26 recorded since 2008.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khushal has been recorded 26 times among boys since 2008, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, 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 2008 to 2018.
- #26,985 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 26 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khushal ranks #26,985 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 26 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #26,985 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 26
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Khushal's 26 recorded births place it above 40.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Khushal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Khushal's full recorded timeline at 2011, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2010, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Khushal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2018
- Peak year (2008)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Khushal by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (20 births, 77% of the file).
2010s was Khushal's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.
Khushal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 20 births (77% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Khushal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2008–2018 (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 Khushal 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.