Khalila
Girl · ka-LEE-la · Arabic
Khalila is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “close friend, companion”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Khalila mean?
Arabic: spelling of Khalilah; feminine of Khalil
“close friend, companion”
Feminine form of Khalil; Khalil Allah, 'friend of God', is an Islamic title of the prophet Abraham (Ibrahim).
- Say it
- ka-LEE-la
Meaning borrowed from Khalilah.
Is Khalila a girl's or a boy's name?
Khalila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khalila in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 767% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Khalila, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 14 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Khalila than any year since 2020.
In 2025, 37 girls in the UK were given Khalila or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #904, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Khalila in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
How popular is Khalila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Khalila, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2019, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Khalila in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 217 girls in the US were given Khalila or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,008, up from #9,454 for this spelling alone.
Khalila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
Names like Khalila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Khalila
Names related to Khalila
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