Boys' name · since 1975
Khaleel
Khaleel has 1,222 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,519 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,339 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,222
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Khaleel is the #3339 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 1,222 recorded since 1975.
Khaleel has 1,222 recorded births among boys since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3339 as of the latest data, more common than 76% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #4,519 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,339 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,222 born since 1975
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khaleel ranks #4,519 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,339 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,222 born since 1975, peaking in the 1990s.
- #4,519 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,339 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,222
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Khaleel's 1,222 recorded births place it above 90.05% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Khaleel compares
1,222 Top 29% higher than 71% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Khaleel's all-time total is 3x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Khaleel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,222 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 54 | 34 | 22,252 |
Khaleel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Khaleel's full recorded timeline at 2003, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1982, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 54 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Khaleel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 54
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Khaleel by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (302 births, 25% of the file).
1990s was Khaleel's strongest decade.
302 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Khaleel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 14
1970s
14 births
- 1980s 43
1980s
43 births
- 1990s
1990s
302 births
- 2000s
2000s
283 births
- 2010s
2010s
298 births
- 2020s
2020s
282 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 302 births (25% of all-time use).
How Khaleel compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Khaleel's total volume
Khaleel by state
Where Khaleel concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 101 | 8.3% |
| #2 | Florida | | 52 | 4.3% |
| #3 | Texas | | 22 | 1.8% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 17 | 1.4% |
| #5 | California | | 16 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 12 | 1.0% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 7 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Maryland | | 5 | 0.4% |
101 of 1,222 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Khaleel's data
- Khaleel's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (302 total births) through the 2020s (282) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Khaleels (101 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Khaleel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~50 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1975–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Khaleel draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.