girl's name
Khloe
KLOH-ee
- Origin American
- Gender Girl
- Letters 5
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 54,791
the United States
#272
2025 births
Khloe means green shoot, and the K is doing no work etymologically — it respells Chloe, whose Greek khloe names the first growth of a crop rather than a color or a plant. Our records for this spelling begin in 1989.
- Khloe is a name of American origin.
- Peaked in 2010, when 5,420 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 2,885 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1989.
Khloe over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 9 |
| 1990s | 259 |
| 2000s | 6,926 |
| 2010s | 33,855 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 8,894 |
What Khloe means
Khloe means a young green shoot. The Greek names the first growth of new crops, so the sense is a specific agricultural stage rather than greenness in general.
Where Khloe comes from
Khloe respells Chloe, the Greek khloe — the green shoot of a young crop, and a cult title of Demeter as goddess of the growing grain. The same root gives chlorophyll and chlorine, both named for their color. Chloe appears in Paul's letter to the Corinthians, which gave it Puritan currency in English. The K spelling is recent and American, and our records for it begin in 1989.
Khloe in use
Khloe peaked in the United States in 2010, when 5,420 babies were registered — the largest single-year figure in this group — and is falling in our data. It now ranks 272nd in the United States on 1,149 births, 1451st in England and Wales on 22 and 1991st in France on 15, across 54,791 lifetime births in four of the seven markets we track. England and Wales ran its own peak of 129 births in 2011.
How popular is Khloe?
In 2025, Khloe was given to 1,149 babies in the United States, ranking #272 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Khloe is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
How Khloe is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Khloé | Khloé is Khloe written with an acute accent in France, and the spelling parents there overwhelmingly choose: it ranks #1,991 in France, against #7,763 for Khloe. | 445 |
| Khloë | Khloë is a rare spelling of Khloe, written with a diaeresis and recorded about 5 times, mostly in France. | 5 |
Names that peaked alongside Khloe
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Khloe also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Khloe over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Khloe in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Khloe
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Khloe — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Khloe
What does the name Khloe mean?
A young green shoot — the Greek khloe, through Chloe.
Is chlorophyll related?
Yes — chlorophyll and chlorine are both named from the same root, for their color.
Is Khloe or Chloe the original?
Chloe. The K spelling is recent and American; our records for it begin in 1989.
How popular is Khloe?
272nd in the United States, down from a 2010 peak of 5,420 births.
Is Khloe a girl's or a boy's name?
Khloe is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
Is Khloe a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Khloe currently ranks #272 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.