first name
KHAI
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,860 people named Khai, 62% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 20.6% as Black and 8.2% as two or more races. 88% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Khai peaked in 2023, when 399 babies got the name.
At least 3,670 babies have been given the name since 1977. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Khai by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,828. The largest share of babies named Khai, 71.9%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Khai is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Khai has been most common in Florida (3.6×), Georgia (2.5×), and Louisiana (2.3×), and least common in Ohio (0.63×).
1,912 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Khai
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Khai, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Khai ranks #22,036 of 156,621, with 1,202 people. See Khai as a last name
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