Khai

maleStatistical record

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

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

Khai: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #619, reached in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#619highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2357
1997	#2859
1998	#1821
1999	#1664
2000	#1330
2001	#2587
2002	#1411
2003	#1629
2004	#1596
2005	#1377
2006	#1643
2007	#1885
2008	#1828
2009	#1494
2010	#2400
2011	#2613
2012	#2721
2013	#3315
2014	#3895
2015	#2483
2016	#2804
2017	#2324
2018	#2259
2020	#3334
2021	#1595
2022	#1469
2023	#1407
2024	#1162

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 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #619 among boys in Scotland, #655 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1162 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2357 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1162 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Khai appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 267 births with the name.

Khai across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Khai's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2357 (1996)	#1162 (2024)	#1162 (2024)	28 of 29	267 (1996–2024)	24 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#779 (2022)	#655 (2024)	#655 (2024)	3 of 3	10 (2022–2024)	4 (2024)

Khai 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 Khai in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	20	4 of 10	5
2000s	104	10 of 10	10
2010s	64	9 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	79	5 of 10	16

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 16 births a year.

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

Khai appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #619 in Scotland in 2024.

Khai'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	#1162	24	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1407	18	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1469	17	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1595	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2259	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2483	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1494	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1828	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1885	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1643	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1377	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1629	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1411	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1330	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1664	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#655	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#619	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #619, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 24 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2022, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

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Khairah · #2187, 20y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, 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.

Theadora · #623, 29y
Eleni · #627, 29y
Oren · #611, 29y
Austen · #629, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Dougal · #619, 27y
Holden · #619, 25y
Milli · #619, 28y
Aderinsola · #620, 15y

Khai was ranked #619 in Scotland · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Khai 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 Khai without appearing here.

Khai moved ahead of

Herman Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3895 and #3895 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2259 and #4749.
Courtney Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3334 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1595 and #3990.
Tor Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3334 and #2960 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1595 and #3990.
Fredrik Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1407 and #1272 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1162 and #3254.

Moved ahead of Khai

Theodor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1494 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2400 and #1201.
Arlo Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1330 and #2142 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #2587 and #1949.
Hudson Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1411 and #2005 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1629 and #1092.
Kasper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1377 and #1617 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1643 and #1168.

Moved the opposite way to Khai

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Khai went from #2357 to #1162 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Khai went from #2357 to #1162 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Khai went from #2357 to #1162 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Khai went from #2357 to #1162 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Khai

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Khai went from #2357 to #1162 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Khai went from #2357 to #1162 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Khai went from #2357 to #1162 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Khai went from #2357 to #1162 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #619 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Khai

Khai at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Khai across 2 official records

Khai by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Khai across 2 official records

Khai by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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