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Khoi

Gender
Boy
Say it
KHOY
Origin
Vietnamese
UK rank, 2025
#3,747 for boys
US rank, 2025
#3,378 for boys

Khoi is a boys' name of Vietnamese origin, meaning “outstanding; handsome”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 3,378th for boys in the US (34 babies).

What does Khoi mean?

Vietnamese: from Vietnamese Khôi

“outstanding; handsome”

Is Khoi a girl's or a boy's name?

Khoi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 6 girls and 34 boys in the US.

How popular is Khoi in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,747among boys
Babies in 2025
5about 1 in 60,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 367% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Khoi, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 5 boys.

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.

2019Busiest: 5 in 20242025
Khoi in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20255#3,747
20245#3,772
20234#4,335
20220–
20210–
20200–
20193#4,913

How popular is Khoi in the US?

Rank in 2025
#3,378among boys
Babies in 2025
34about 1 in 50,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 22% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 34 boys in the US were named Khoi, making it the 3,378th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. It first appears in the records in 1979. 6 girls were also named Khoi in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).

2025 had the most boys named Khoi of any year since it first appeared, in 1979.

Half of all the boys named Khoi in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 15% of the babies named Khoi in the US were girls.

1979Busiest: 34 in 20252025
Khoi in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202534#3,378
202418#5,237
202331#3,627
202220#4,846
202112#6,693
202023#4,271
201922#4,476
201823#4,350
201722#4,462
201621#4,623
201523#4,293
201420#4,698
201316#5,400
201230#3,527
201121#4,507
201019#4,845
200919#4,920
200815#5,762
200724#4,125
200623#4,101
200518#4,626
200414#5,487
200318#4,421
200215#4,913
200113#5,383
200010#6,309
199917#4,157
199814#4,645
19977#7,275
19965#9,008
19958#6,400
199416#3,905
19930–
19928#6,120
19918#5,934
199010#4,986
198911#4,521
19880–
19878#4,962
19869#4,453
19859#4,328
198413#3,268
19838#4,497
198216#2,830
198112#3,410
19806#5,523
19796#5,353

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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, “Khoi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khoi, updated 20 October 2026.