Khayir
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KHY-eer
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Khayir is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “good, benevolent”. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Khayir mean?
Arabic: from Arabic khayr
“good, benevolent”
From the Arabic root khayr 'good, goodness', also found in names like Khairi.
Is Khayir a girl's or a boy's name?
Khayir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khayir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,856among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Khayir, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2022, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Khayir in the US since 1880 were born between 2022 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Khayir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,876 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
Names like Khayir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zahir Ahmir Khaza Zayan Zamir Zayd Hamza Zubair Musab Umar Azir Musa
Names related to Khayir
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
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, “Khayir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khayir, updated 20 October 2026.