Khai Boy

How popular is Khai?

#1,176 boy name in 2025

175 baby boys were named Khai in the US in 2025, making it the 1176th most popular boy name. Another 32 girls got the name (#4,351 for girls).

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3,640living people named Khai (est.)
8median age of people named Khai
3,670babies named Khai since 1880
1 in 16,016US babies born in 2025

Khai popularity over time

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Boys Girls

Rank in 2025#1,176 for boys (▼ 229 from 2024)
Babies in 2025175 boys, 32 girls
10-year trendRising fast (+56% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#1,481 in 2015, #1,262 in 2020
Peak year2023 (367 boys)
Highest rank#723 in 2023
First recorded1977
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)88% boys, 12% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Where Khai is most popular

Babies named Khai per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. Louisiana: 0.4 per 1,000 (42 boys)
  2. Georgia: 0.3 per 1,000 (72 boys)
  3. Florida: 0.3 per 1,000 (129 boys)
  4. Oklahoma: 0.2 per 1,000 (21 boys)
  5. New Jersey: 0.2 per 1,000 (42 boys)

Khai by decade

DecadeBaby boysBest rank
1970s10#5,843
1980s79#4,133
1990s166#3,155
2000s413#2,265
2010s1,088#1,141
2020s1,428#723

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Questions

Is Khai a boy or girl name?
Khai is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 88% of babies named Khai were boys.
How popular is the name Khai?
175 baby boys were named Khai in the US in 2025, making it the 1176th most popular boy name. Another 32 girls got the name (#4,351 for girls).
When was Khai most popular?
Khai peaked in 2023, when 367 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #723 in 2023.
How many people are named Khai?
3,670 babies have been named Khai in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,640 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
Where is Khai most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Khai was most common in Louisiana, at 0.4 of every 1,000 boys born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.