Khloe
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Variant Of Chloe
- Origin
- English
About the Name Khloe
Khloe is a modern American spelling variant of Chloe (see separate entry on Chloe for the Greek Chloē etymology meaning "young green shoot"). The K-spelling is essentially a 21st-century invention, popularized almost entirely through one specific celebrity figure: American reality-TV personality Khloé Kardashian (born 1984), the third Kardashian sister and one of the central figures of Keeping Up with the Kardashians (2007–2021).
The Khloe spelling appeared in SSA records starting in the late 2000s and accelerated dramatically through the 2010s — a textbook example of celebrity-driven naming influence. The original Greek-pedigree Chloe spelling has been used continuously in English-language naming for centuries, while the Khloe spelling carries the distinct register of contemporary American reality-TV celebrity culture.
Khloe climbed from outside the US top 1000 in 2005 to the US top 100 girls' rank by 2014 and has held that range since. The combined Chloe-Khloe family represents one of the more visible 21st-century girls'-naming clusters. Notable contemporary bearers besides Kardashian include American R&B singer Khloé Adams, and various social-media influencers. The name's appeal sits in three contemporary American naming preferences: the popular K-spelling visual register that signals modern aesthetic, the underlying Greek-classical pedigree, and the celebrity cultural anchor. Two short syllables, soft consonants, and tonal versatility across casual and formal registers. Common nicknames are scarce since the name is already short — Klo, Klois, and the rare Klo-Klo each occasionally appear; the alternate spelling Chloe (the historical Greek form) has its own SSA tracking and is essentially the same name. There are no significant international variants since the K-spelling is essentially modern American.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Khloe
US Popularity History (2006–2025)
Annual US births named Khloe by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2010 with 5,411 girls named Khloe (girl rank #42 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #272 for girls (1,149 US births). That's 230 places below its 2010 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Khloe Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Khloe the strongest states are Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mississippi | #29 | 486 |
| 2 | Louisiana | #57 | 597 |
| 3 | Alabama | #64 | 592 |
| 4 | Georgia | #81 | 1,005 |
| 5 | South Carolina | #96 | 399 |
| 6 | Arkansas | #108 | 259 |
| 7 | Florida | #124 | 1,237 |
| 8 | Tennessee | #124 | 555 |
| 9 | Maryland | #139 | 368 |
| 10 | Hawaii | #139 | 56 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota | #455 | 124 |
| 2 | Colorado | #422 | 135 |
| 3 | Oregon | #377 | 105 |
| 4 | Washington | #350 | 199 |
| 5 | Massachusetts | #323 | 170 |
| 6 | Iowa | #316 | 106 |
| 7 | Utah | #303 | 139 |
| 8 | Nebraska | #291 | 53 |
| 9 | California | #290 | 1,244 |
| 10 | Kansas | #284 | 120 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Khloe in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloe | Variant Of Chloe. | Female | English |
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Compare Khloe to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Khloe against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).