How Many People Are Named Khalilah?
An estimated 1,581 people in the United States have the first name Khalilah. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 36 years old, and Khalilah peaked in popularity in 1976 with 205 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Khalilah as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Khalilah paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,581
About 1 in 216,796 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
36
years old
Peak Year
1976
205 births
Total Registered
1,673
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Khalilah
Khalilah is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,673 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Khalilah as a female name
Ranked #5,206 in 2024
25 female births in 2024
Peak: 1976 (205 births)
Khalilah: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Khalilah span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1970s, when 658 babies were registered. Khalilah has declined significantly from its peak in the 1970s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Khalilah by Decade
How has Khalilah tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Khalilah by State
Birth registrations for Khalilah span all 18 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in New York, Illinois, New Jersey. The lowest are in South Carolina, Indiana, District of Columbia. On average, about 36 Khalilahs were registered per state.
Khalilah + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Khalilah as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Khalilah: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Khalilah?
We estimate approximately 1,581 people named Khalilah are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 216,796 Americans share this first name.
Is Khalilah a common name?
Khalilah is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 92.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,673 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Khalilah most popular?
Khalilah reached peak popularity in 1976, when 205 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Khalilah is approximately 36 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Khalilah a female name?
Khalilah is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Khalilah Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Khalilah Smith, Khalilah Johnson, Khalilah Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 0 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau estimate. Full methodology.
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