How rare is the name Khanh?

8,489 people in the United States have the first name Khanh, about 1 in 35,579. It ranks #2,752 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

KHANH

#2,752

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,489
About
1 in 35,579
This common or more
80.8%
Who bears it

Of the 8,489 people named Khanh, 98.2% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander. 58.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Khanh peaked in 1982, when 44 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19762022
Peak year
1982
Births that year
44
In 2022
6 ▼86%
Recorded as
used for both

At least 714 babies have been given the name since 1976. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Khanh by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #4,985. The largest share of babies named Khanh, 57%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#13,61537
1980s#4,985287
1990s#8,707180
2000s#14,040125
2010s#19,34479
2020s#36,8006
Generation X 1965–807.7%
Millennials 1981–9657%
Generation Z 1997–1228.3%
2013 and later7%

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.

Exactly as common as Khanh

1 other first name also has 8,489 people.

#2,752 Deangelo · 8,489

Either side of Khanh

#2,751 Nilda · 8,491#2,752 Deangelo · 8,489#2,754 Karim · 8,470#2,755 Carmine · 8,464

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Khanh, most common first.

#10,099 Khan · 1,337#33,953 Khana · 242#37,262 Khani · 210

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