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.
- 17
- total births
- 2018–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 71%
- born in that decade
17 boys have been named Khyel since 2018, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Khyel has 17 recorded births among boys since 2018, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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.
- 17 total births
- 2018–2025 years on record
- 2020s peak decade
- 71% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Khyel's 17 recorded births place it above 33% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
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
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Khyel's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Khyel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 12 births (71% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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).
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NameAlmanac. "Khyel: Baby Name Since 2018 - 17 Births, Peak 2020." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/khyel. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 July 2026.