Khairi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KHY-ree
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Khairi is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “good, charitable”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Khairi mean?
Arabic
“good, charitable”
From Arabic khayr 'goodness'.
Is Khairi a girl's or a boy's name?
Khairi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khairi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 80% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Khairi, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2019, with 5 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Khairi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
How popular is Khairi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Khairi, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 34 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Khairi in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Khairi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 25 | #3,962 |
| 2012 | 27 | #3,804 |
| 2011 | 34 | #3,234 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 19 | #3,463 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
Names like Khairi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Hamza Musa Rafi Khalid Umar Zayd Yahya Zayan Amir Sami Abdullah
Names related to Khairi
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa Liyana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Khairi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khairi, updated 20 October 2026.