# Khan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/khan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɑːn/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 442 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 442 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 154, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

As a surname, via Hindustani خان (xān) / ख़ान (xān), from Classical Persian خَان (xān), from Turkic. As a title, a proper noun form of khan.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 15 | 5,908 |
| 2012 | 16 | 5,614 |
| 2013 | 11 | 7,330 |
| 2014 | 10 | 7,873 |
| 2015 | 10 | 7,793 |
| 2016 | 15 | 5,935 |
| 2017 | 15 | 5,948 |
| 2018 | 15 | 5,925 |
| 2019 | 22 | 4,568 |
| 2020 | 14 | 6,153 |
| 2021 | 19 | 5,030 |
| 2022 | 21 | 4,788 |
| 2023 | 22 | 4,674 |
| 2024 | 12 | 7,064 |
| 2025 | 11 | 7,442 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 4 | 2,857 |
| 2004 | 14 | 1,280 |
| 2005 | 6 | 2,418 |
| 2006 | 6 | 2,538 |
| 2007 | 8 | 2,211 |
| 2008 | 10 | 1,953 |
| 2009 | 6 | 2,837 |
| 2010 | 10 | 2,036 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Khan

- Khan Chittenden, Australian actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.