Kahlil

Last seen for girls in 2018 at #15,682 · #2,604 for boys in 2025, 50 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1995 · 268 births
Debut · boys
12 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,283
since 1967

Kahlil over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Kahlil has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202019peak #629, 1995boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2,60450
2024—#1,89184
2023—#2,07871
2022—#1,83987
2021—#1,84184
2020—#1,463117
2019—#1,75589
2018#15,6825#2,18963
2017—#1,79285
2016—#1,84581
2015—#2,16963
2014—#1,67991
2013—#1,76382
2012—#1,63794
2011—#1,57798
2010—#1,481110
2009—#1,562104
2008—#1,399121
2007—#1,57699
2006—#1,330123
2005—#1,410105
2004—#1,343109
2003—#1,253115
2002—#1,236110
2001—#1,110128
2000—#1,152120
1999—#1,055130
1998—#1,062125
1997—#931145
1996—#732209
1995—#629268
1994—#981127
1993—#1,44465
1992—#2,59927
1991—#2,14334
1990—#1,63550
1989—#1,91938
1988—#2,68221
1987—#2,11528
1986—#1,87332
1985—#2,29323
1984—#2,09825
1983—#2,49319
1982—#1,70034
1981—#1,72633
1980—#1,85230
1979—#1,43542
1978—#1,59635
1977—#1,43141
1976—#1,60833
1975—#1,59332
1974—#1,61830
1973—#1,48533
1972—#1,92822
1971—#2,20318
1970—#2,21317
1969—#2,86110
1968—#2,44512
1967—#2,35212
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First appearance
1967

The first year at least five boys were named Kahlil! It came in at #2,352, and was given to 12 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1967–1969, when fewer than 13 boys a year got the name.

Where Kahlil is popular in 2019

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,156 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 9,586 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedMINew York: #1,765 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 18,710 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #1,219 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 11,172 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,873 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 25,394 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,061 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,358 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Kahlil, so not publishedHITexas: #1,810 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 21,817 boysTXFlorida: #1,406 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 13,537 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Carolina#1,061 · 1 in 8,358
  2. Illinois#1,156 · 1 in 9,586
  3. Pennsylvania#1,219 · 1 in 11,172
  4. Florida#1,406 · 1 in 13,537
  5. New York#1,765 · 1 in 18,710

Best ever in a state: #245 in District of Columbia, 1995.

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North Carolina#1,06161 in 8,358
Illinois#1,15661 in 9,586
Pennsylvania#1,21951 in 11,172
Florida#1,40671 in 13,537
New York#1,76551 in 18,710
Texas#1,81081 in 21,817
California#1,87381 in 25,394
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See more about Kahlil
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 713 spots since 2024 (#1,891 → #2,604)
  • 1,141 spots since 2020 (#1,463 → #2,604)
  • 435 spots since 2015 (#2,169 → #2,604)
  • Biggest jump: 463 spots in 1994 (#1,444 → #981)
  • Biggest drop: 199 spots in 1997 (#732 → #931)
Rise & fade · boys
28 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1967
  • Peaked 1995 at #629 (268 births)
  • Births halved by 1998, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1994–1997
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,103
  • Highest: 1 in 7,103 boys born in 1995 were named Kahlil (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 34,162 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 27.6% of all boys named Kahlil (1,180) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s34#2,352 (1967)#2,553
1970s303#1,431 (1977)#1,711
1980s283#1,700 (1982)#2,075
1990s1,180#629 (1995)#1,321
2000s1,134#1,110 (2001)#1,337
2010s856#1,481 (2010)#1,789
2020s493#1,463 (2020)#1,953

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Kahlil in 2019

boys
#1,755
89 births · 1 in 20,160 boys

Top boys' names in 2019

  1. #1Liam20,631
  2. #2Noah19,178
  3. #3Oliver13,967
  4. #4William13,658
  5. #5Elijah13,436
  6. #6James13,198
  7. #7Benjamin13,044
  8. #8Lucas12,483
  9. #9Mason11,484
  10. #10Alexander11,327
  11. #1,755Kahlil89
More about 2019

boys

1,794,216 boys got a published name in 2019; 1 in 20,160 of them was named Kahlil, which outranked 87.6% of the 14,133 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kahlil
  1. #1,737Syrus90
  2. #1,737Yousuf90
  3. #1,737Yuvan90
  4. #1,755Kahlil89
  5. #1,755Ansh89
  6. #1,755Aris89
  7. #1,755Kanon89
  8. #1,762Amado88
  9. #1,762Arley88
  10. #1,762Arvin88

Tied with 6 names at #1,755; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,830Sekani#6,703 → #873
  2. ↑ 5,230Ermias#5,770 → #540
  3. ↑ 654Amias#1,478 → #824
  4. ↑ 623Kyro#1,343 → #720
  5. ↑ 512Aziel#1,465 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 376Jaxtyn#776 → #1,152
  2. ↓ 252Brysen#860 → #1,112
  3. ↓ 220Coen#814 → #1,034
  4. ↓ 219Chad#899 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 219Imran#933 → #1,152

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2019 →