Name profile

Khalil

A name meaning "friend".

PronunciationArabic /xa.ˈliːl/
Usage languagesArabic, Persian, Urdu
US rank (2025)#384

Meaning and history

Khalil is an Arabic name meaning “friend.”

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 600 births, rank #449
2007: 556 births, rank #481
2008: 557 births, rank #492
2009: 553 births, rank #496
2010: 516 births, rank #501
20112011: 580 births, rank #462
2012: 616 births, rank #446
2013: 602 births, rank #465
2014: 625 births, rank #465
2015: 624 births, rank #479
20162016: 696 births, rank #444
2017: 733 births, rank #424
2018: 803 births, rank #395
2019: 1,127 births, rank #302
2020: 1,233 births, rank #274
20212021: 1,148 births, rank #294
2022: 1,091 births, rank #308
2023: 982 births, rank #340
2024: 831 births, rank #392
20252025: 826 births, rank #384

Khalil rose from #392 to #384 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2020, with 1,233 births.