Boys' name · since 2018
Khyel
Since 2018, U.S. Social Security records show 17 babies named Khyel, peaking in 2020. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #30,246 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,701 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 17
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Khyel currently ranks #11701 among boys' names in America, with 17 babies recorded since 2018.
Khyel has 17 recorded births among boys since 2018, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11701 as of the latest data, more common than 16% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2018 to 2025.
- #30,246 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,701 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 17 born since 2018
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khyel ranks #30,246 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,701 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 17 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.
- #30,246 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,701 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 17
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Khyel's 17 recorded births place it above 32.96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Khyel compares
17 7th 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
Khyel's all-time total is 95% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Khyel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 17 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 34 | 22,252 |
Khyel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Khyel's full recorded timeline at 2020, 71% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 29% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2018, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Khyel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Khyel by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (12 births, 71% of the file).
2020s was Khyel's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that partial window (2020–2025, six of ten years), about 71% of all-time use.
Khyel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window. * 2020s covers 2020–2025 only (six of ten years), so it is not directly comparable to a full decade.
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s*
2020s (partial decade: 2020–2025, six of ten years)
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 12 births (71% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Khyel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~7 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, 2018–2025 (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 Khyel 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.