Girls' name · since 1975
Khalilah
1,699 babies named Khalilah in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,257 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,021 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,699
- born since 1975
- 1970s
- peak decade
1,699 babies have been named Khalilah since 1975, making it today's #5021 girls' name.
Khalilah has 1,699 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5021 as of the latest data, more common than 71% of girls, busiest in the 1970s -- 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.
- #5,257 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,021 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,699 born since 1975
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khalilah ranks #5,257 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,021 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,699 born since 1975, peaking in the 1970s.
- #5,257 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,021 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,699
- born since 1975
- 1970s
- peak decade
Khalilah's 1,699 recorded births place it above 92.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
18 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Khalilah compares
1,699 Top 25% higher than 75% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Khalilah's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Khalilah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,699 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 205 | 21 | 19,840 |
Khalilah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Khalilah's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 26% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 74%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2007, with only 10 births recorded -- set against the 1976 peak of 205, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Khalilah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (1976)
- 205
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Khalilah by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (658 births, 39% of the file).
1970s was Khalilah's strongest decade.
658 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Khalilah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
658 births
- 1980s
1980s
399 births
- 1990s 207
1990s
207 births
- 2000s 173
2000s
173 births
- 2010s 138
2010s
138 births
- 2020s 124
2020s
124 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 658 births (39% of all-time use).
How Khalilah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Khalilah's total volume
Khalilah by state
Where Khalilah concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 108 | 6.4% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 93 | 5.5% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 86 | 5.1% |
| #4 | California | | 71 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Florida | | 55 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 37 | 2.2% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 35 | 2.1% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 35 | 2.1% |
108 of 1,699 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Khalilah appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Khalilah's data
- Khalilah's decade-level peak was the 1970s (658 total births); usage has since declined to 124 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Khalilahs (108 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Khalilah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1976)
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 Khalilah 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.