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Kahlil

#2,623 in 2025Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Kahlil has been given to 4,288 babies in the U.S. since 1967. In 2025 it ranked #2,623 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1995, with 268 recorded.

Babies named Kahlil, 2025

1 in 66,300

Kahlil over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kahlil: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kahlil means

Kahlil is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Kahlil is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,283 boys were recorded with the name Kahlil between 1967 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 268 in 1995; its best national rank was #629 in 1995.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,467 in 2020 to #2,623 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,176 in 2015 to #2,623 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Kahlil between 2018 and 2018. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2018; its best national rank was #16,810 in 2018.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Kahlil?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 66,300
50 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 34,200
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,623
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
45,959 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kahlil sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 45,959 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kahlil. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kahlils were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kahlil was born before 2002 — so the typical Kahlil is around 23 today.

Median birth year
2002
About 23 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
27.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
55.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,283
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 27.6% of all recorded uses (1,180).

Is Kahlil rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−727
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,156
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−447
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.79×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
18.7%
Peak was 1995 (268)
Years since peak
30
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#629
1995

Spellings of Kahlil

Kahlil is not the most common spelling — Khalil is, with 46.6% against Kahlil's 8.0%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Kahlil is used

Across 2016–2025, Kahlil was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 11,111 boys, against 1 in 30,274 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

19 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 11,111
  2. 2Florida1 in 20,000
  3. 3North Carolina1 in 20,000
  4. 4New York1 in 25,000
  5. 5Virginia1 in 25,000
  6. 6California1 in 33,333
  7. 7Illinois1 in 33,333
  8. 8Louisiana1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Kahlil around the world

Where Kahlil ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2002–2025
    #4,275
    in 2025
  • France
    2024–2024
    #6,058
    in 2024
  • Canada
    1998–2009
    #2,692
    in 2009
  • South Australia
    1980–1980
    #422
    in 1980

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Kahlil

People whose public names include Kahlil, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Kahlil in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Kahlil. Linked forms have their own page here.

Khalil

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Kahlil by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,623
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,156
Best rank ever
#629
1995
Peak year
1995
268 that year
First recorded
1967
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,283
Count in 2025
50

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#16,810
2018
Peak year
2018
5 that year
First recorded
2018
Last recorded
2018
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Kahlil

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

KahariJahlilJalilKaheemKahiauKahmariKhalilKalilJhalilKahaanKahlanCahlilKahleoKahronKahlebKahloKahriKahleelCalilKahnerKahneKahlelKahlinKahlen

Names with a curve like Kahlil

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Kahlil, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

MarkelTariqMarkellDestinKeionMckayJelaniMohamadDaylonBrennonDangeloMahmoud

Sibling names for Kahlil

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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