Khalil

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Arabic

Meaning

Khalil or Khaleel means friend and is a common male first name in the Middle East, the Caucasus, the Balkans, North Africa, West Africa, East Africa, Central Asia and among Muslims in South Asia and as such is also a common surname.

From Wikipedia

Khalil first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2014 with 62 babies (rank #577 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Khalil

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

699
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
62
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199625#646
199728#604
199831#591
199920#824
200026#699
200123#768
200220#894
200332#687
200427#800
200526#881
200627#900
200725#1,004
200826#1,010
200943#706
201032#913
201147#689
201236#858
201341#778
201462#577
201546#722
201656#638