Meaning and history
From a title used in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, first published in 1996, and its television adaptation Game of Thrones (2011–2019), this is the feminine form of the Dothraki title khal, meaning “warlord.” In the series, Daenerys Targaryen receives the title after marrying Khal Drogo.
20062006: no US SSA record for this spelling
2007: no US SSA record for this spelling
2008: no US SSA record for this spelling
2009: no US SSA record for this spelling
2010: no US SSA record for this spelling
20112011: 28 births, rank #4,915
2012: 147 births, rank #1,510
2013: 243 births, rank #1,026
2014: 369 births, rank #757
2015: 342 births, rank #822
20162016: 378 births, rank #755
2017: 470 births, rank #629
2018: 565 births, rank #547
2019: 524 births, rank #582
2020: 373 births, rank #732
20212021: 411 births, rank #701
2022: 444 births, rank #665
2023: 399 births, rank #709
2024: 434 births, rank #667
20252025: 410 births, rank #689
Khaleesi moved from #667 to #690 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2018, with 565 births.