girls:
1.3k births since 1980
#4417 (23rd percentile)
boys:
674 births since 1978
#3913 (15th percentile)
overall:
2k births since 1978
#5790 (25th percentile)
The name Khali is the #5,790 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,980 recorded births since 1978. This represents the 25.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 25.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,417 (22.7% percentile) for all time with 1,306 births since 1980. For boys, it ranks #3,913 (14.6% percentile) for all time with 674 births since 1978.
Khali first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1978 (1978 for boys and 1980 for girls). Birth data for Khali is available in 39 out of the 46 years between 1978 and 2023 (36 years for girls and 34 years for boys). 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 Khali has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (66.0% of all recorded births). In 2023, 75.9% of babies named Khali were girls. Interestingly, until around 1986, the name was more popular for boys (68.8% boys from 1978 to 1985), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (66.2% girls from 1986 to 2023).
For girls, Khali reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 11.5% percentile (ranked #851) with 62 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 62 births per million (ranked 11.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Khali ranks #889 for girls (6.1% percentile) with 36 births per million, which is 58.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Khali reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 3.5% percentile (ranked #882) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 19 births per million (ranked 3.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Khali ranks #896 for boys (1.6% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 58.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Khali".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Khali is pronounced as KAH-lee, which has 2 syllables.
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