Khalifa
Boy · kha-LEE-fa · Arabic
Khalifa is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “successor”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 4,138th for boys in the US (25 babies).
What does Khalifa mean?
Arabic: from Arabic khalifa
“successor”
Arabic for successor; it is the source of caliph, the title of the leaders who succeeded the Prophet Muhammad.
- Say it
- kha-LEE-fa
Is Khalifa a girl's or a boy's name?
Khalifa is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 25 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khalifa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,964among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Khalifa, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 24 boys.
Half of all the boys named Khalifa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were given Khalifa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,326, up from #1,964 for this spelling alone.
- Khalifa 13
- Khalifah 5
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Khalifa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 24 | #1,230 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,639 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,512 |
| 2019 | 23 | #1,230 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,486 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 13 | #1,888 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,511 |
| 2013 | 13 | #1,799 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Khalifa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,138among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 68,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the US were named Khalifa, making it the 4,138th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 1986.
Half of all the boys named Khalifa in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Khalifa in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #4,138 |
| 2024 | 30 | #3,691 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,109 |
| 2022 | 23 | #4,438 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 31 | #3,520 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
Names like Khalifa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Mustafa Musa Huzaifa Hamza Abdullah Zayd Zayaan Zayan Ibrahim Umar Ahmed
Other spellings of Khalifa
Khalifah
Names related to Khalifa
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