boys:
7.7k births since 1962
#1344 (71st percentile)
overall:
7.7k births since 1962
#3076 (60th percentile)
The name Khalid is the #3,076 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 7,695 recorded births since 1962. This represents the 60.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 60.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,344 (70.7% percentile) for all time with 7,695 births since 1962.
Khalid first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1962 (first recorded for boys in 1962). Birth data for Khalid is available in 61 out of the 62 years between 1962 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, Khalid reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 28.6% percentile (ranked #655) with 142 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 142 births per million (ranked 28.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Khalid ranks #699 for boys (23.3% percentile) with 119 births per million, which is 83.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Khalid".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Khalid. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 60.7% confident that Khalid is pronounced as KAH-lihd, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is HAH-lihd, at 10.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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