Kalil
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kha-LEEL
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Kalil is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “friend”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Kalil mean?
Arabic: spelling of Khalil; from Arabic khalil
“friend”
Khalil Allah, Friend of God, is a title of Abraham; Kahlil Gibran, author of The Prophet, bore a spelling of the name.
Meaning borrowed from Khalil. More on Wiktionary.
Is Kalil a girl's or a boy's name?
Kalil is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kalil in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Kalil, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kalil in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 166 boys in the UK were given Kalil or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #317, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Kalil in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Kalil in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Kalil, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 61 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the boys named Kalil in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 887 boys in the US were given Kalil or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #379, up from #5,207 for this spelling alone.
Kalil in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,243 |
| 2020 | 25 | #4,017 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,595 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,862 |
| 2012 | 35 | #3,176 |
| 2011 | 29 | #3,604 |
| 2010 | 37 | #3,071 |
| 2009 | 51 | #2,485 |
| 2008 | 49 | #2,541 |
| 2007 | 51 | #2,473 |
| 2006 | 54 | #2,309 |
| 2005 | 61 | #2,031 |
| 2004 | 53 | #2,189 |
| 2003 | 52 | #2,124 |
| 2002 | 61 | #1,847 |
| 2001 | 58 | #1,889 |
| 2000 | 61 | #1,778 |
| 1999 | 46 | #2,060 |
| 1998 | 42 | #2,154 |
| 1997 | 41 | #2,123 |
| 1996 | 49 | #1,838 |
| 1995 | 46 | #1,859 |
| 1994 | 32 | #2,387 |
| 1993 | 25 | #2,780 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,331 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
Names like Kalil
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Hamza Khalid Ahmed Abdullah Amir Mustafa Umar Musa Syed Yahya Zayd
Other spellings of Kalil
Names related to Kalil
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa Liyana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kalil: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kalil, updated 20 October 2026.