Khalel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ka-LEEL
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Khalel is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “close friend”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Khalel mean?
Arabic: spelling of Khalil
“close friend”
Khalil Allah, 'friend of God', is a traditional Islamic title of Abraham.
Is Khalel a girl's or a boy's name?
Khalel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khalel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Khalel, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
2025 had fewer boys named Khalel than any year since 2004.
Half of all the boys named Khalel in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Khalel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
Names like Khalel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Zahir, Zayd, Muhammad, Amir, Musa, Nasir, Zayan, Zamir, Ahmir, Rayyan, Abdullah
Names related to Khalel
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
Sources
Figures from 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, “Khalel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khalel, updated 20 October 2026.