girls:
410 births since 1997
#5306 (7th percentile)
boys:
2.8k births since 1977
#2399 (48th percentile)
overall:
3.2k births since 1977
#4832 (38th percentile)
The name Khai is the #4,832 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,173 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 37.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 37.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,399 (47.7% percentile) for all time with 2,763 births since 1977. For girls, it ranks #5,306 (7.1% percentile) for all time with 410 births since 1997.
Khai first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (1977 for boys and 1997 for girls). Birth data for Khai is available in 46 out of the 47 years between 1977 and 2023 (46 years for boys and 26 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Khai has been given predominantly to boys, with 87.1% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 92.2% of babies named Khai were boys.
For boys, Khai reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 36.8% percentile (ranked #576) with 200 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 200 births per million (ranked 36.8% percentile). Despite a peak around 2007, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Khai is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #576 (36.8% percentile) with 200 births per million.
For girls, Khai reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #928) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2003, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Khai ranks #921 for girls (2.7% percentile) with 18 births per million, which is 90.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Khai".
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