Khian
Seuserenre Khyan was a Hyksos king of the Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt, ruling over Lower Egypt in the second half of the 17th century BC.
Meaning & Origin of Khian
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Seuserenre Khyan was a Hyksos king of the Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt, ruling over Lower Egypt in the second half of the 17th century BC.
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The Story of Khian
The earliest SSA record of Khian as a baby boy name dates back to 2007, when 9 babies received it. 2014 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Khian — #7,046 in the national rankings. About 62% of every Khian on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Khian last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 87 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Khian
Khian is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2007 and has accumulated 87 births in the dataset. Khian's peak popularity came in 2014 when it ranked #7,046. Use the chart and map above to compare Khian'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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