Khani
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAH-nee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Khani is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Khani mean?
Modern: uncertain; perhaps built on Khan
Ahmad Khani, the 17th-century Kurdish poet, wrote the epic Mem and Zin.
Is Khani a girl's or a boy's name?
Khani is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Khani, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the boys named Khani in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Khani in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
Names like Khani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Koa Krishiv Kai Makai Kailo Kash Bodhi Kamari Kaleo Jakai Avi Kamani
Names related to Khani
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Khani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khani, updated 20 October 2026.