Khalil

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Khalil: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Khalil: Recorded since 1961, its highest recorded position is #283, and it stood at #676 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
68times a registrar ranked it
65years from first to last
#283highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#633
1997	#600
1998	#585
1999	#809
2000	#691
2001	#751
2002	#869
2003	#680
2004	#790
2005	#872
2006	#885
2007	#987
2008	#987
2009	#696
2010	#897
2011	#681
2012	#852
2013	#771
2014	#574
2015	#719
2016	#631
2017	#719
2018	#596
2019	#449
2020	#392
2021	#410
2022	#381
2023	#331
2024	#283

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 34 of the 61 years from 1961 to 2021.

In 2023: #331 among boys in England and Wales, #770 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1961–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1961
First recorded at #475 among boys in Norway in 1961 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #283 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Khalil appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 34 years beginning in 1961, and has registered 171 births with the name.

Khalil across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Khalil's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#475 (1961)	#430 (1962)	#476 (2021)	34 of 61	171 (1961–2021)	7 (1985)
England and Wales · Boys	#633 (1996)	#283 (2024)	#283 (2024)	29 of 29	1,512 (1996–2024)	160 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#629 (2007)	#629 (2007)	#676 (2025)	5 of 19	16 (2007–2025)	4 (2025)

Khalil by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Khalil in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	24	5 of 10	5
1970s	8	2 of 10	4
1980sbusiest	29	5 of 10	6
1990s	47	9 of 10	5
2000s	40	8 of 10	5
2010s	19	4 of 10	5
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Khalil appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1961 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #283 in England and Wales in 2024.

Khalil's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#283	160	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#331	131	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#381	111	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#410	104	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#392	108	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#449	90	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#596	61	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#719	48	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#631	56	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#719	46	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#574	62	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#771	41	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#852	36	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#681	47	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#897	32	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#696	43	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#987	26	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#987	25	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#885	27	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#872	26	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#790	27	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#680	32	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#869	20	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#751	23	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#691	26	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#809	20	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#585	31	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#600	28	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#633	25	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#476	4	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#507	4	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#526	4	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#468	6	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#510	5	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#554	4	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#482	6	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#505	5	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#536	4	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#562	4	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#465	6	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#457	6	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#511	5	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#518	5	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#515	5	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#573	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#582	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#499	6	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#486	6	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#511	6	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#464	7	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#631	4	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#542	6	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#623	4	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#508	7	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#537	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#542	6	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#621	4	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#599	4	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#526	5	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#502	5	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#536	4	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#430	6	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#475	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1961 and 2025, ranked in 47 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #283, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 160 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 11 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 46 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Khalifa · #1152, 23y
Khalifah · #2755, 10y
Khalilah · #2411, 11y
Khalisa · #2540, 18y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Charmaine · #283, 47y
Celia · #284, 46y
Liz · #291, 46y
Steffan · #275, 48y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Aveen · #282, 22y
Celia · #284, 46y
Dejan · #284, 37y
Jeanne · #284, 47y

Khalil was ranked #283 in England and Wales · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Khalil and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Khalil without appearing here.

Khalil moved ahead of

Gerard Compare
In 2008 they stood at #987 and #867 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #696 and #1358.
Wayne Compare
In 2010 they stood at #897 and #678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #681 and #1303.
Glenn Compare
In 2002 they stood at #869 and #633 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #680 and #1132.
Calum Compare
In 2017 they stood at #719 and #719 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #596 and #1040.

Moved ahead of Khalil

Phillip Compare
In 1995 they stood at #499 and #554 in Norway · Boys; by 1996 that had become #582 and #307.
Hunter Compare
In 2009 they stood at #696 and #848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #897 and #625.
Teddy Compare
In 1998 they stood at #585 and #657 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #809 and #544.
Oliver Compare
In 1971 they stood at #526 and #581 in Norway · Boys; by 1972 that had become #599 and #352.

Moved the opposite way to Khalil

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Khalil went from #633 to #283 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Khalil went from #633 to #283 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Khalil went from #633 to #283 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Khalil went from #633 to #283 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Khalil

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Khalil went from #633 to #283 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Khalil went from #633 to #283 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Khalil went from #633 to #283 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Khalil went from #633 to #283 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1961 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #283 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Khalil

Khalil at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Khalil across 3 official records

Khalil by decade in Norway · Boys

Khalil appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Khalil

Khalil and the names beside it

Khalil moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Khalil

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Khalil at a glance

Khalil across 3 official records

Khalil by decade in Norway · Boys

Khalil appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Khalil

Khalil and the names beside it

Khalil moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Khalil

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Moved the same way as Khalil