Khoi
Khoi is a name with a single cultural origin: Vietnamese.
- Vietnamese
Meaning & Origin of Khoi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Khoi is a name with a single cultural origin: Vietnamese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Vietnamese
The Story of Khoi
As a girl name
Khoi first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 2014, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2024: 10 births, good for #9,521 nationwide. About 64% of every Khoi on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Khoi last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 10 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 50 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Khoi on the record books as a boy name in 1979, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2023, when 31 Khois were born — ranking #3,624 that year. About 30% of every Khoi on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Khoi ranks #4,620 for boys with 22 births, gradually rising (+11%). All told, over 725 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Khoi
Khoi is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1979 and has accumulated 725 births in the dataset. Khoi's peak popularity came in 2023 when it ranked #2,830. Use the chart and map above to compare Khoi'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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