Kahlil

Where Kahlil comes from

The dictionaries list Kahlil as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1967
    First appearance
    #2,352 among boys, 12 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1995
    Kahlil Dukes born
    American basketball player
  3. 1995
    Peak, #629
    268 babies named Kahlil — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1998
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,062.
  5. 2003
    Kahlil Watson born
    American baseball player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Kahlil Dukes · American basketball player, born 1995
  • Kahlil Watson · American baseball player, born 2003

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.