How Many People Are Named Khalil?
people named Khalil are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 13,790 people in the US has this name
Based on 25,203 babies named Khalil in Social Security records from 1957 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,242 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "friend" in Arabic.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Khalil, 0.7% were girls and 99.3% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Khalil alive today is about 16 years old, and 86% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 25 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Khalil first appears in the records in 1957 and was given most often in 2020, to 1,242 babies. In 2025, 826 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1957 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Khalil has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #251, in 1995. In 2025 it ranked #384.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #384 |
| Best rank | #251 (1995) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #433 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Khalil alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Khalil were born in California than in any other state: about 1,780 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Khalil was given 6.4 times as often in District of Columbia, 2.8 times in Maryland and 2.3 times in South Carolina.
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