boys:
1.1k births since 1975
#3467 (24th percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1975
#6603 (15th percentile)
The name Khaleel is the #6,603 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,136 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 14.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 14.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,467 (24.4% percentile) for all time with 1,136 births since 1975.
Khaleel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (first recorded for boys in 1975). Birth data for Khaleel is available in 43 out of the 49 years between 1975 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Khaleel reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 6.1% percentile (ranked #756) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 28 births per million (ranked 5.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Khaleel is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #866 (4.9% percentile) with 27 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Khaleel".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Khaleel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 68.4% confident that Khaleel is pronounced as kuh-LEEL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kah-LEEL, at 23.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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