Khafre
Khafre or Chephren was an ancient Egyptian monarch who was the fourth king of the Fourth Dynasty, during the earlier half of the Old Kingdom period. He was son of the king Khufu, and succeeded his brother Djedefre to the throne.
- Ancient Egyptian
Meaning & Origin of Khafre
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Khafre or Chephren was an ancient Egyptian monarch who was the fourth king of the Fourth Dynasty, during the earlier half of the Old Kingdom period. He was son of the king Khufu, and succeeded his brother Djedefre to the throne.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Ancient Egyptian
The Story of Khafre
Khafre first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1994, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1994: 5 births, good for #8,799 nationwide. About 50% of every Khafre on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Khafre last appeared in the published SSA data in 2016, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 10 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Khafre
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Khafre. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Chephren
- Khafra
Names that sound like Khafre
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About the name Khafre
Khafre is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1994 and has accumulated 10 births in the dataset. Khafre's peak popularity came in 1994 when it ranked #8,799. Use the chart and map above to compare Khafre's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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