Khalief — boys' name
59 babies named Khalief in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
59 boys have been named Khalief since 1982, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2019.
- 59
- total births
- 1982–2019
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 36%
- born in that decade
36% of everyone ever named Khalief was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Khalief in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Khalief
The Social Security Administration has registered 59 babies named Khalief between 1982 and 2019, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Khalief currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Khalief performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Khalief shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Khalief in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Khalief 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 59 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.
Khalief at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Khalief popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1982
- Peak year (2019)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
59 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 9 births in a single year.
Khalief by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 21 births that decade — 36% of Khalief's all-time total
Khalief decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Khalief's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Khalief by state
Where Khalief concentrates geographically — total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 10 | 16.9% |
10 of 59 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 16.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 16.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1982–2019 (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.