Kham

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Gold

Kham has been given to 92 babies in the U.S. since 1981. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2017, with 12 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% boys, 7% girls all-time.

Babies named Kham, 2024

1 in 478,000

Kham over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Kham over time

In 2024, Kham went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Kham: meaning, origin, and history

Gold

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kham means

Kham means “gold”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Kham is used in Lao.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈkʰám/ for Kham.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 86 boys were recorded with the name Kham between 1981 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2017; its best national rank was #6,812 in 1981.

In the United States, 6 girls were recorded with the name Kham between 1982 and 1982. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1982; its best national rank was #9,799 in 1982.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Kham?

Kham had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 478,000; 7 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only: 1 in 246,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 331,009 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kham sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 331,009 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kham. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Khams were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kham was born before 2016 — so the typical Kham is around 9 today.

Median birth year: 2016; About 9 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 66.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 88.4%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 86; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 66.3% of all recorded uses (57).

Is Kham rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2017 (12)
Years since peak: 8; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 27.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,812; 1981

Spellings of Kham

Kham is not the most common spelling — Adam is, with 36.8% against Kham's <0.01%.

Adam36.8%580,378
Liam22.7%358,536
Chad15.3%240,728
Sam8.1%127,234
Kai4.5%70,232
Kim2.2%34,951
Hal1.1%16,784
Kian0.85%13,457

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Kham around the world

Where Kham ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

South Australia
2003–2010
#754
in 2010

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Kham by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #6,812; 1981
Peak year: 2017; 12 that year
First recorded: 1981
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 86
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #9,799; 1982
Peak year: 1982; 6 that year
First recorded: 1982
Last recorded: 1982
All-time count: 6
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Kham

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Khayr Khase Khael Khair Khani Khalyl Khaos Khaleo Khan Khayir Khazi Khamir Kha Khasai Khalin Khabib Elham Khamazi Khade Khareem Khalen Khaleef Liham Khalan

Sibling names for Kham

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Raylee Aubrielle Harleigh Aminah Spencer Adelia Emmeline Mika

For a brother

Brecken Linus Arvin Titan Ramsey Ishmael Nixon Ephraim

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