Khris
The Story of Khris
As a girl name
Khris first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1957, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1965: 8 births, good for #4,830 nationwide. About 65% of every Khris on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Khris last appeared in the published SSA data in 1969, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 46 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Khris first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1960, with 11 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2008: 30 births, good for #3,561 nationwide. About 34% of every Khris on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Khris last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 342 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Khris
Khris is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1960 and has accumulated 342 births in the dataset. Khris's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #3,561. Use the chart and map above to compare Khris'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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