Khan
Boy · KHAAN · Turkish
Khan is a boys' name of Turkish origin, meaning “ruler, leader”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Khan mean?
Turkish: Turkic and Mongol title, used in Persian and Urdu
“ruler, leader”
Originally a Turkic and Mongol royal title, as in Genghis Khan, later a common Pashtun and South Asian surname.
- Say it
- KHAAN
More on Wiktionary.
Is Khan a girl's or a boy's name?
Khan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Khan, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2004, with 14 boys.
2025 had more boys named Khan than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Khan in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Khan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,348 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,405 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 13 | #1,112 |
| 1997 | 8 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,290 |
How popular is Khan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Khan, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1966.
2025 had fewer boys named Khan than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Khan in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Khan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
Names like Khan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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