Girls' name · since 1988
Khushboo
Since 1988, U.S. Social Security records show 48 babies named Khushboo, peaking in 1994. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #35,472 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 48
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Khushboo is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 48 have been recorded since 1988.
Khushboo has 48 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2002.
- #35,472 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 48 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khushboo ranks #35,472 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 48 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #35,472 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 48
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Khushboo's 48 recorded births place it above 50.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Khushboo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Khushboo's full recorded timeline at 1996, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Khushboo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2002
- Peak year (1994)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Khushboo by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (30 births, 63% of the file).
1990s was Khushboo's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Khushboo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
30 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 30 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Khushboo's decade-level peak was the 1990s (30 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Khushboo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~14 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, 1988–2002 (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 Khushboo 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.