Khaleef — boys' name

What the Data Says About Khaleef

The Social Security Administration has registered 101 babies named Khaleef between 1982 and 2025, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Khaleef currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Khaleef performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Khaleef shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Khaleef in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Khaleef 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 101 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.