Khalil Boy
How popular is Khalil?
#384 boy name in 2025
826 baby boys were named Khalil in the US in 2025, making it the 384th most popular boy name.
Khalil popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #384 for boys (▲ 8 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 826 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+32% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #479 in 2015, #274 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2020 (1,233 boys) |
| Highest rank | #251 in 1995 |
| First recorded | 1957 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Khalil counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Khalil family of names ranked #382 for boys in 2025 (#389 the year before), with 837 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Khalil | 826 | 99% |
| Khalel | 6 | 1% |
| Khalyl | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Khalil is most popular
Babies named Khalil per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 2.0 per 1,000 (30 boys)
- Mississippi: 1.9 per 1,000 (110 boys)
- Louisiana: 1.9 per 1,000 (190 boys)
- South Carolina: 1.5 per 1,000 (154 boys)
- Georgia: 1.2 per 1,000 (300 boys)
Khalil by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #3,992 |
| 1960s | 68 | #2,199 |
| 1970s | 363 | #1,005 |
| 1980s | 800 | #957 |
| 1990s | 4,926 | #251 |
| 2000s | 5,826 | #400 |
| 2010s | 6,922 | #302 |
| 2020s | 6,111 | #274 |
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Questions
- Is Khalil a boy or girl name?
- Khalil is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Khalil were boys.
- How popular is the name Khalil?
- 826 baby boys were named Khalil in the US in 2025, making it the 384th most popular boy name.
- When was Khalil most popular?
- Khalil peaked in 2020, when 1,233 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #251 in 1995.
- How many people are named Khalil?
- 25,203 babies have been named Khalil in the US since 1880. We estimate about 24,825 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Khalil most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Khalil was most common in District of Columbia, at 2.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.