Boys' name · since 1993
Khalifah
44 babies named Khalifah in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 44
- total births
- 1993–2021
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
Khalifah sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 44 recorded since 1993.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khalifah has been recorded 44 times among boys since 1993, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2021.
- 44 total births
- 1993–2021 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 41% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Khalifah's 44 recorded births place it above 49% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Khalifah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Khalifah splits its recorded history at 2018: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2018 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Khalifah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2021
- Peak year (1998)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Khalifah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Khalifah's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Khalifah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
- 2020s
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 18 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Khalifah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (18 total births) through the 2020s (13) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1993–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Khalifah: Baby Name Since 1993 - 44 Births, Peak 1998." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/khalifah. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Khalifah 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 July 2026.