Kahlil — #1893 US boys' name
4,233 babies named Kahlil in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 87% of names given to boys today.
28% of everyone ever named Kahlil was born in this single decade.
268 babies were named Kahlil in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kahlil
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,233 babies named Kahlil between 1967 and 2024, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kahlil currently holds the #1893 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 268 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kahlil performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,180 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kahlil shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 445 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Kahlil in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kahlil in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,233 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Kahlil at a glance
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Current rank
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Kahlil popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1967
- Peak year (1995)
- 268
- Annual births at peak — across 58 years of records
Currently ranks #1893 among boys.
4,233 total births across 58 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 268 births in a single year.
Kahlil popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2018 (Kahlil as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Kahlil accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kahlil by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 1,180 births that decade — 28% of Kahlil's all-time total
Kahlil decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,180 births
- Runner-up 1,134 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kahlil's strongest decade
1,180 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Kahlil by state
Where Kahlil concentrates geographically — total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 445 | 10.5% |
| #2 | California | | 336 | 7.9% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 267 | 6.3% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 188 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Florida | | 181 | 4.3% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 155 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Maryland | | 151 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 144 | 3.4% |
445 of 4,233 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 10.5% of nationwide
- California 7.9% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 6.3% of nationwide
- Georgia 4.4% of nationwide
- Florida 4.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 22 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 10.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kahlil appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1967–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.