Khush
- #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · boys
- 2005 · 12 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 147since 2002
Khush over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Khush has never cracked the top 6,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #10,799 | 6 |
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| 2017 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | #7,537 | 10 |
| 2012 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | #7,692 | 10 |
| 2008 | #6,763 | 12 |
| 2007 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | #6,904 | 11 |
| 2005 | #6,226 | 12 |
| 2004 | #8,927 | 7 |
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| 2002 | #10,667 | 5 |
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First appearance
2002
The first year at least five boys were named Khush! It came in at #10,667, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2002–2003, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Khush is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Khush in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Khush
Momentum · boys
Brand new
- 1,364 spots since 2015 (#10,644 → #12,008)
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
- Debuted 2002
- Peaked 2005 at #6,226 (12 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 166,442
- Highest: 1 in 166,442 boys born in 2005 were named Khush (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 44.2% of all boys named Khush (65) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 65 | #6,226 (2005) | #8,013 |
| 2010s | 60 | #7,537 (2013) | #9,673 |
| 2020s | 22 | #10,799 (2021) | #11,490 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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