Khmer Names

Explore names documented in Khmer naming traditions. Compare these spellings using U.S. birth records, which do not measure popularity in other countries.

Save nameName & connection
History
1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled
Babies 2025 · rank5-year rank movementPeak year

Documented Khmer usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1905.

58#2,930
Up 404 rank positions in five years
1986

Documented Khmer usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1919.

7#9,881
new
1986

Documented Khmer usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1982.

—Unranked
—
2013

Documented Khmer usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1991.

—Unranked
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2001

Documented Khmer usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1982.

—Unranked
—
1982

Documented Khmer usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1980.

—Unranked
—
1986

Documented Khmer usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1971.

—Unranked
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1987

Documented Khmer usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1981.

—Unranked
—
1986

Documented Khmer usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2005.

—Unranked
—
2007

Documented Khmer usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1981.

—Unranked
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1981

Documented Khmer usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1982.

—Unranked
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1984

Documented Khmer usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1982.

—Unranked
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1985

Documented Khmer usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1984.

—Unranked
—
1985

Documented Khmer usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1983.

—Unranked
—
1983

Documented Khmer usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1986.

5#16,959
new
2017

Documented Khmer usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1982.

—Unranked
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1985

Documented Khmer usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1975.

—Unranked
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1981

Documented Khmer usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1982.

—Unranked
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1982

Documented Khmer usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1984.

—Unranked
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1991

Documented Khmer usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1986.

—Unranked
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1986

Documented Khmer usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1986.

—Unranked
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1986

Documented Khmer usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1985.

—Unranked
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1985

Documented Khmer usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1985.

—Unranked
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1985

Documented Khmer usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1997.

—Unranked
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1997

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Sources & methodology

Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.

Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.

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