Khaleesi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-LEE-see
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,512 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #689 for girls
Khaleesi is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “queen, in the invented Dothraki language”. In 2025 it ranked 1,512th for girls in the UK (21 babies) and 689th for girls in the US (410 babies).
What does Khaleesi mean?
Modern: invented word from Game of Thrones
“queen, in the invented Dothraki language”
A title, not a name, in Game of Thrones: the Dothraki word for the wife of a khal, borne by Daenerys Targaryen.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Khaleesi a girl's or a boy's name?
Khaleesi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the UK and 410 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khaleesi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,512among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the UK were named Khaleesi, making it the 1,512th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,147th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 84 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Khaleesi than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Khaleesi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 24 girls in the UK were given Khaleesi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,199, up from #1,512 for this spelling alone.
- Khaleesi 21
- Kaleesi 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,454th in England and Wales.
Khaleesi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,512 |
| 2024 | 26 | #1,321 |
| 2023 | 26 | #1,322 |
| 2022 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 2021 | 34 | #1,078 |
| 2020 | 31 | #1,147 |
| 2019 | 57 | #738 |
| 2018 | 61 | #714 |
| 2017 | 84 | #557 |
| 2016 | 73 | #631 |
| 2015 | 74 | #624 |
| 2014 | 56 | #754 |
| 2013 | 52 | #794 |
| 2012 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
How popular is Khaleesi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #689among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 410about 1 in 3,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 410 girls in the US were named Khaleesi, making it the 689th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 732nd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 565 girls. It first appears in the records in 2011.
Half of all the girls named Khaleesi in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 534 girls in the US were given Khaleesi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #559, up from #689 for this spelling alone.
Khaleesi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 410 | #689 |
| 2024 | 434 | #667 |
| 2023 | 399 | #709 |
| 2022 | 444 | #665 |
| 2021 | 411 | #701 |
| 2020 | 373 | #732 |
| 2019 | 524 | #582 |
| 2018 | 565 | #547 |
| 2017 | 470 | #629 |
| 2016 | 378 | #755 |
| 2015 | 342 | #822 |
| 2014 | 369 | #757 |
| 2013 | 243 | #1,026 |
| 2012 | 147 | #1,510 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,913 |
Names like Khaleesi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah Safa Abeeha Khadija Ayra Kaliyah Aaliyah Zainab Ayah Ruqayyah Liyana Hafsa
Other spellings of Khaleesi
Names related to Khaleesi
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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, “Khaleesi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khaleesi, updated 20 October 2026.