How rare is the name Khalil?

17,176 people in the United States have the first name Khalil, about 1 in 17,585. It ranks #1,757 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KHALIL

#1,757

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
17,176
About
1 in 17,585
This common or more
76.8%
Who bears it

Of the 17,176 people named Khalil, 66.8% reported their origin as Black, 15.6% as White and 8.1% as two or more races. 99% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Khalil peaked in 2020, when 1,242 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19572025
Peak year
2020
Births that year
1,242
In 2025*
826 ▼33%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 25,203 babies have been given the name since 1957. 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.

Khalil by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #648. The largest share of babies named Khalil, 45.2%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#14,8235
1960s#7,88868
1970s#3,568370
1980s#2,489800
1990s#9534,957
2000s#9485,879
2010s#8836,993
2020s#6486,131
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–801.9%
Millennials 1981–9615%
Generation Z 1997–1237.7%
2013 and later45.2%

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 Khalil is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Khalil has been most common in District of Columbia (3.7×), Maryland (3.1×), and Georgia (2.4×), and least common in Iowa (0.23×).

23,340 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 Khalil

#1,755 Katlyn · 17,216#1,756 Angelia · 17,186#1,758 Wei · 17,173#1,759 Gunner · 17,163

Spelled almost the same

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

#27,686 Khalila · 329#35,436 Khalel · 227#45,502 Khaliel · 149

Also a last name

As a last name, Khalil ranks #3,649 of 156,621, with 9,492 people. See Khalil as a last name

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