Kahlil

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Meaning

Kahlil is an anglicized spelling of the Arabic masculine given name Khalil, famously used by Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist Kahlil Gibran in English after he was registered under that name by the Josiah Quincy School of Boston following his immigration to the United States.

From Wikipedia

Kahlil first appears in the data in 1967 and has been recorded in 58 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1995 with 268 babies (rank #630 that year). In 2024 it was given to 84 boys (rank #1,894). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Kahlil

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Kahlil yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

4,238
Total babies (all years)
58
Years in the data
268
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
196712#2,413
196812#2,507
196910#2,961
197017#2,251
197118#2,239
197222#1,943
197333#1,491
197430#1,634
197532#1,607
197633#1,630
197741#1,439
197835#1,608
197942#1,449
198030#1,889
198133#1,745
198234#1,717
198319#2,532
198425#2,128
198523#2,330
198632#1,897
198728#2,152
198821#2,728
198938#1,940
199050#1,646
199134#2,171
199227#2,635
199365#1,451
1994127#984
1995268#630
1996209#735
1997145#934
1998125#1,062
1999130#1,055
2000120#1,158
2001128#1,112
2002110#1,239
2003115#1,259
2004109#1,347
2005105#1,410
2006123#1,335
200799#1,588
2008121#1,404
2009104#1,568
2010110#1,488
201198#1,584
201294#1,646
201382#1,775
201491#1,685
201563#2,176
201681#1,853
201785#1,795
201863#2,197
201989#1,757
2020117#1,467
202184#1,844
202287#1,845
202371#2,085
202484#1,894