Boys' name · since 2006

Khyan

136 babies named Khyan in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#15,419 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#12,960 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
136
born since 2006
2010s
peak decade

136 babies have been named Khyan since 2006, making it today's #12960 boys' name.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khyan has been recorded 136 times among boys since 2006, currently ranked #12960 nationally and more common than 7% 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 2006 to 2025.

  • #15,419 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #12,960 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 136 born since 2006
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khyan ranks #15,419 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,960 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 136 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.

#15,419 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#12,960 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
136
born since 2006
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%6.9%
Khyan vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Khyan's 136 recorded births place it above 66.04% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Khyan compares

136 31st 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

Khyan's all-time total is 63% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Khyan Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 136 369 358,536
Peak-year births 19 34 22,252

Khyan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Khyan's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2011, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2019 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Khyan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2019)
19
Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
05101520 20062012201420162018202020222025 5

Khyan by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (88 births, 65% of the file).

2010s was Khyan's strongest decade.

88 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.

Khyan births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 88 births (65% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Khyan?
Since 2006, Social Security records show 136 babies named Khyan. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #15,419 of 45,481 boys' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #12,960 of 13,930 among boys. Its busiest year on record was 2019, with 19 births.
Where does Khyan sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khyan ranks #15,419 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,960 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Khyan most popular?
Khyan was most popular in the 2010s decade with 88 total births. The single peak year was 2019.
How long has the name Khyan been used?
Records for Khyan go back to 2006, giving 20 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Khyan?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Khyree, Khyrie, Khylan, Khyson, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Khyan's data

  • Khyan's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (88 total births) through the 2020s (42) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Khyan

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Khyan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2006–2025 (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 Khyan 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.