Khalilah Girl
How popular is Khalilah?
#4,986 girl name in 2025
26 baby girls were named Khalilah in the US in 2025, making it the 4986th most popular girl name.
Khalilah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #4,986 for girls (▲ 159 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 26 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+86% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #8,004 in 2015, #6,919 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1976 (205 girls) |
| Highest rank | #714 in 1976 |
| First recorded | 1975 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Khalilah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Khalyla family of names ranked #2,106 for girls in 2025 (#1,719 the year before), with 62 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Khalyla | 26 | 42% |
| Khalilah | 26 | 42% |
| Khalila | 10 | 16% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Khalilah is most popular
Babies named Khalilah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Khalilah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 658 | #714 |
| 1980s | 399 | #1,310 |
| 1990s | 207 | #3,872 |
| 2000s | 173 | #4,786 |
| 2010s | 138 | #6,694 |
| 2020s | 124 | #4,986 |
Girl names about as popular as Khalilah
Questions
- Is Khalilah a boy or girl name?
- Khalilah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Khalilah were girls.
- How popular is the name Khalilah?
- 26 baby girls were named Khalilah in the US in 2025, making it the 4986th most popular girl name.
- When was Khalilah most popular?
- Khalilah peaked in 1976, when 205 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #714 in 1976.
- How many people are named Khalilah?
- 1,699 babies have been named Khalilah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,652 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 44.
- Where is Khalilah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Khalilah was most common in Texas, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.