girls:
61 births since 2011
#5655 (1st percentile)
boys:
111 births since 2003
#4475 (2nd percentile)
overall:
172 births since 2003
#7567 (2nd percentile)
The name Khalee is the #7,567 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 172 recorded births since 2003. This represents the 2.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,475 (2.4% percentile) for all time with 111 births since 2003. For girls, it ranks #5,655 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 61 births since 2011.
Khalee first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2003 (2003 for boys and 2011 for girls). Birth data for Khalee is available in 19 out of the 21 years between 2003 and 2023 (15 years for boys and 9 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Khalee has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (64.5% of all recorded births). In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Khalee were boys. Interestingly, until around 2020, the name was more popular for boys (71.1% boys from 2003 to 2019), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (78.3% girls from 2020 to 2023).
For boys, Khalee reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #906) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
For girls, Khalee reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #941) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Khalee ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 41.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Khalee".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Khalee. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 69.2% confident that Khalee is pronounced as kuh-LEE, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kah-LEE, at 20.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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