Khai

Boy · KY · Modern

Khai is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,337th for boys in the UK (22 babies) and 1,176th for boys in the US (175 babies).

What does Khai mean?

Modern: usually a respelling of Kai; also a separate Vietnamese name

Often used as a variant of Kai; separately, Khai is a Vietnamese name, borne by the emperor Khai Dinh.

Say it: KY

Is Khai a girl's or a boy's name?

Khai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the UK and 32 girls and 175 boys in the US.

How popular is Khai in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #1,337among boys
Babies in 2025: 22about 1 in 14,000 boys
Five-year trend: Rising fastup 300% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 22 boys in the UK were named Khai, making it the 1,337th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 28 boys.

Half of all the boys named Khai in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 909 boys in the UK were given Khai or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #64, up from #1,337 for this spelling alone.

Kai 816
Cai 55
Khai 22
Kye 16

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,405th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 28 in 20242025

Khai in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	22	#1,337
2024	28	#1,111
2023	22	#1,322
2022	21	#1,364
2021	17	#1,547
2020	7	#2,819
2019	0	–
2018	11	#2,088
2017	12	#2,037
2016	9	#2,468
2015	11	#2,127
2014	5	#3,529
2013	7	#2,792
2012	8	#2,595
2011	9	#2,311
2010	12	#1,887
2009	16	#1,507
2008	13	#1,696
2007	13	#1,667
2006	15	#1,423
2005	16	#1,326
2004	12	#1,494
2003	11	#1,498
2002	10	#1,490
2001	6	#2,049
2000	10	#1,405
1999	7	#1,749
1998	6	#1,932
1997	3	#2,979
1996	4	#2,442

How popular is Khai in the US?

Rank in 2025: #1,176among boys
Babies in 2025: 175about 1 in 9,800 boys
Five-year trend: Risingup 68% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 175 boys in the US were named Khai, making it the 1,176th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,262nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 367 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977. 32 girls were also named Khai in 2025 (4,351st for girls).

2025 had fewer boys named Khai than any year since 2020.

Half of all the boys named Khai in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 4,193 boys in the US were given Khai or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #90, up from #1,176 for this spelling alone.

Kai 3,768
Khai 175
Kye 136
Cai 69
Ky 31
Kaii 9
Kaj 5

In 2025, 15% of the babies named Khai in the US were girls.

1977Busiest: 367 in 20232025

Khai in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	175	#1,176
2024	242	#947
2023	367	#723
2022	278	#865
2021	221	#991
2020	145	#1,262
2019	153	#1,234
2018	168	#1,141
2017	136	#1,321
2016	126	#1,389
2015	112	#1,481
2014	119	#1,414
2013	71	#1,941
2012	65	#2,090
2011	73	#1,904
2010	65	#2,068
2009	53	#2,400
2008	43	#2,787
2007	44	#2,721
2006	51	#2,397
2005	36	#2,898
2004	48	#2,340
2003	47	#2,265
2002	34	#2,751
2001	35	#2,676
2000	22	#3,634
1999	22	#3,475
1998	17	#4,015
1997	23	#3,155
1996	20	#3,400
1995	20	#3,298
1994	17	#3,745
1993	20	#3,240
1992	7	#6,662
1991	6	#7,263
1990	14	#3,965
1989	12	#4,265
1988	10	#4,445
1987	5	#6,945
1986	8	#4,848
1985	8	#4,693
1984	6	#5,557
1983	5	#6,234
1982	7	#5,001
1981	9	#4,151
1980	9	#4,133
1979	5	#6,054
1978	0	–
1977	5	#5,843

Names like Khai

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Muhammad Musa Zayd Hamza Ibrahim Abdullah Khalid Yusuf Umar Ahmed Zayan Yahya

Other spellings of Khai

Kai Cai Kye Ky Kaii Kaj

Names related to Khai

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