How rare is the name Khalid?

11,363 people in the United States have the first name Khalid, about 1 in 26,580. It ranks #2,279 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KHALID

#2,279

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,363
About
1 in 26,580
This common or more
79.2%
Who bears it

Of the 11,363 people named Khalid, 36.5% reported their origin as Black, 34.4% as White and 20.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Khalid peaked in 2019, when 273 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19622025
Peak year
2019
Births that year
273
In 2025*
250 ▼8%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 8,197 babies have been given the name since 1962. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Khalid by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,948. The largest share of babies named Khalid, 37.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#7,12484
1970s#2,641600
1980s#2,721708
1990s#2,0281,546
2000s#2,2911,708
2010s#2,1442,092
2020s#1,9481,459
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–809.1%
Millennials 1981–9620.3%
Generation Z 1997–1232.8%
2013 and later37.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Khalid is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Khalid has been most common in Minnesota (4.7×), New York (2×), and New Jersey (1.9×), and least common in Louisiana (0.29×).

6,020 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Khalid

#2,277 Yelena · 11,377#2,278 Blanche · 11,370#2,280 Long · 11,343#2,281 Chi · 11,341

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Khalid, most common first.

#3,413 Khaled · 6,151#10,835 Khalida · 1,210#49,963 Khaalid · 122

Also a last name

As a last name, Khalid ranks #6,902 of 156,621, with 4,689 people. See Khalid as a last name

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