Khair
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KHAIR
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Khair is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “goodness”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Khair mean?
Arabic
“goodness”
It forms part of names like Khairuddin, borne by the 16th-century Ottoman admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa.
Is Khair a girl's or a boy's name?
Khair is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khair in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 76% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Khair, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.
2025 had fewer boys named Khair than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Khair in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Khair in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
Names like Khair
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayd Zahir Ahmir Zamir Hamza Zubair Saif Muhammad Zayan Khaza Musa Amir
Names related to Khair
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Safa Liyana
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Khair: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khair, updated 20 October 2026.