Khloe
Meaning
variant spelling of Chloe, "young green shoot"
The story
Khloe is Chloe with a famous letter swapped in. Chloe is Greek for a young green shoot, a spring name carried since antiquity, and the Kh- spelling barely existed until one family put it on television. Khloé Kardashian, born in 1984, went from 9 American babies in the 1980s to a completely different order of magnitude once Keeping Up with the Kardashians began in 2007: 6,926 in the 2000s, then 33,855 in the 2010s, one of the sharpest single-name surges the records hold. About 8,900 have arrived so far this decade. It is almost entirely a girl's name. The spelling is the whole story here: same ancient root, same sound as Chloe, but the K marks the year a reality show rewired American naming, the way Kaitlyn and Mackenzie mark their own moments.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Khloe peaked in the 2010s.
See popularity in Brazil
Popularity in Brazil
218 people · the #23,913 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 1
Among people named Khloe living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 178 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Khloe
Most people given the name Khloe in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Khloe deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Khloe truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Khloe fits with your family’s names and surname.
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