Khalilah
Khalilah was the 5041st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 26 babies. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked 716th with 205 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,185 places. More babies were named Khalilah in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,041 girls, up 2,035 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 26girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1976205 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,699babies recorded
Khalilah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,041 | 26 |
| 2020 | #7,076 | 16 |
| 2010 | #9,531 | 12 |
| 2000 | #4,892 | 24 |
| 1990 | #6,660 | 13 |
| 1980 | #1,313 | 97 |
| 1970 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Khalilah, counting every spelling?
Khalilah is a spelling of Khalyla, a name family that had 62 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 62 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khalyla | 26 | #5,042 | 182 |
| Khalilah | 26 | #5,041 | 108 |
| Khalila | 10 | #9,788 | 48 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Khalilah?
26 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Khalilah (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Khalilah born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 323 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Khalilah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Khalilah?
About 1,600 people born in the US named Khalilah are alive today, with a median age of 44; half are between 26 and 48. That makes Khalilah mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Khalilah by state
How common Khalilah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Khalilah
How popular is the name Khalilah?
Khalilah was the 5041st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 26 babies. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked 716th with 205 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,185 places. More babies were named Khalilah in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Khalilah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Khalilah in the US.
Where is Khalilah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Khalilah was most common in Texas (0.01 per 1,000 girls).