Khaliel
Boy · ka-LEEL · Arabic
Khaliel is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “close friend”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Khaliel mean?
Arabic: variant of Khalil
“close friend”
Al-Khalil, 'the Friend (of God)', is an Islamic title of Abraham.
- Say it
- ka-LEEL
Is Khaliel a girl's or a boy's name?
Khaliel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khaliel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Khaliel, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the boys named Khaliel in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Khaliel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
Names like Khaliel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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