Khushi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KHU-shee
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,570 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,351 for girls
Khushi is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “happiness”. In 2025 it ranked 1,570th for girls in the UK (20 babies) and 4,351st for girls in the US (32 babies).
What does Khushi mean?
Persian: Hindi and Urdu word, from Persian
“happiness”
Hindi and Urdu word for happiness, from Persian khush, happy.
Is Khushi a girl's or a boy's name?
Khushi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the UK and 32 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khushi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,570among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were named Khushi, making it the 1,570th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,312th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 59 girls.
Half of all the girls named Khushi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 25 girls in the UK were given Khushi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,169, up from #1,570 for this spelling alone.
- Khushi 20
- Kushi 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,512th in England and Wales.
Khushi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,955 |
| 2022 | 20 | #1,591 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2020 | 26 | #1,312 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,531 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,678 |
| 2017 | 29 | #1,248 |
| 2016 | 28 | #1,291 |
| 2015 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 2014 | 28 | #1,272 |
| 2013 | 41 | #967 |
| 2012 | 39 | #999 |
| 2011 | 40 | #950 |
| 2010 | 39 | #949 |
| 2009 | 32 | #1,062 |
| 2008 | 50 | #764 |
| 2007 | 29 | #1,082 |
| 2006 | 44 | #772 |
| 2005 | 45 | #735 |
| 2004 | 59 | #580 |
| 2003 | 48 | #658 |
| 2002 | 20 | #1,147 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
How popular is Khushi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,351among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 50,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the US were named Khushi, making it the 4,351st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. Its busiest year was 2003, with 178 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Khushi in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Khushi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #4,351 |
| 2024 | 35 | #4,113 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,982 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,503 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,261 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 55 | #2,961 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 43 | #3,588 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 44 | #3,547 |
| 2013 | 43 | #3,571 |
| 2012 | 65 | #2,708 |
| 2011 | 54 | #3,091 |
| 2010 | 68 | #2,642 |
| 2009 | 52 | #3,188 |
| 2008 | 88 | #2,234 |
| 2007 | 72 | #2,568 |
| 2006 | 69 | #2,602 |
| 2005 | 86 | #2,139 |
| 2004 | 134 | #1,497 |
| 2003 | 178 | #1,198 |
| 2002 | 89 | #1,966 |
| 2001 | 44 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
Names like Khushi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saanvi Kashvi Anvi Sanvi Prisha Dhriti Krishvi Aarvi Khivi Yashvi Aashvi Pranshi
Other spellings of Khushi
More Persian names
Jasper Esther Jasmine Casper Cyrus Yasmin Darius Zorawar Kiyan Rumi Yasmine Kasper Mahnoor Dario Arian Arman
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, “Khushi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khushi, updated 20 October 2026.