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How popular is the name Khan?
Births per year, rank history and how many Khans are alive today.
Khan (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Kaan in England and Wales, ranked 4275th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2004, when 14 babies were given the name, the 1280th most popular that year. It has declined since 2004; the 2025 figure is roughly 29% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Kaan you are most likely to meet is around 17 years old. Half of all Kaans born in England and Wales are between 12 and 28, and there are at least 1,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Kaan - on average, only one in every 303 such rooms contains a Kaan.
How many babies are named Khan each year?
Includes all spellings: Khan, Kaan. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Khan spelling rank?
Where does the Kaan spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Khan most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Kaan, peaked in 2010, when 47 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Khan spelling itself peaked in 2004, with 14 babies.
How many people are called Khan?
At least 1,000 people named Khan in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Khan?
Most living Khans are between 12 and 28; the most common age is about 17.
Is Khan becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2010 peak.