Name meaning & stats
Khalil
Khalil means “friend” (Arabic origin). 25,203 US babies since 1940, peak 2020.
What it means
“friend”
ArabicWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2020
25,203 US babies were named Khalil between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Khalil (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 40% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2020)