How Many People Are Named Khalifa?
people named Khalifa are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 897,073 people in the US has this name
Based on 385 babies named Khalifa in Social Security records from 1986 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
31 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "successor, caliph" in Arabic. The title caliph was given to the successors of the Prophet Muhammad, originally elected by the Islamic populace.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Khalifa in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Khalifa alive today is about 10 years old, and 96% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 13 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Khalifa first appears in the records in 1986 and was given most often in 2018, to 31 babies. In 2025, 25 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1986 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Khalifa has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #3,573, in 2018. In 2025 it ranked #4,195.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,195 |
| Best rank | #3,573 (2018) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,018 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Khalifa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Khalifa were born in New York than in any other state: about 10 of those alive today.
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