Khush

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Khush: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Khush: Recorded since 1998, it reached #1,703 in 2017, and it stood at #2,088 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#1703highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2901
2003	#2470
2005	#1716
2006	#1744
2007	#2023
2008	#4432
2009	#2837
2010	#2036
2011	#3830
2012	#3039
2013	#2403
2014	#2079
2015	#2150
2016	#1704
2017	#1703
2018	#2259
2019	#1869
2020	#2228
2021	#2730
2022	#2165
2023	#2007
2024	#2088

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 22 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2901 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #1703 among boys in England and Wales, in 2017 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2088 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Khush by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Khush in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	43	6 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	97	10 of 10	10
2020s	48	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Khush appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1703 in England and Wales in 2017.

Khush's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2088	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2007	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2165	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2730	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1869	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2259	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1703	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1704	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2036	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2023	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1744	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,703, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
20 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#2,088position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
14births registered in its largest year, 2016Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Khloe · #83, 29y
Khubaib · #2070, 10y
Khushal · #1765, 17y
Khushi · #542, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Armand · #1703, 27y
Enfys · #1703, 23y
Harith · #1703, 26y
Humayun · #1703, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Armand · #1703, 27y
Enfys · #1703, 23y
Harith · #1703, 26y
Humayun · #1703, 19y

Khush and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Khush without appearing here.

Khush moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2007 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2730 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2007 and #4991.
Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2837 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2036 and #4678.
Maddison Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4432 and #3687 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2036 and #4678.

Moved ahead of Khush

Aksel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1703 and #1812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2259 and #1382.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2730 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2165 and #2018.
Kasper Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2470 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1716 and #1617.
Harper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1744 and #2087 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2023 and #2023.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1703 in England and Wales in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Khush

Khush at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Khush by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Khush appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Khush and the names beside it

Khush moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Khush

Khush at a glance

Khush by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Khush appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Khush and the names beside it

Khush moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Khush