Khaos
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAY-os
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Khaos is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “abyss, void”. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Khaos mean?
Greek: Greek spelling of Chaos
“abyss, void”
In Hesiod's Theogony, Chaos is the primeval void from which the first gods emerged.
Is Khaos a girl's or a boy's name?
Khaos is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khaos in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Khaos, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 2008.
Half of all the boys named Khaos in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Khaos in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 29 | #3,772 |
| 2021 | 22 | #4,490 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
Names like Khaos
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kyaire Kairo Kyrie Kenai Kaizen Kasai Koa Kairos Kayden Kenzo Koda Cassian
Names related to Khaos
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe
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, “Khaos: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khaos, updated 20 October 2026.