Khaliq
Boy · KHA-lik · Arabic
Khaliq is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “creator”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Khaliq mean?
Arabic: Arabic khaliq
“creator”
Al-Khaliq, 'the Creator', is one of the 99 names of God, often used in the compound Abdul Khaliq.
- Say it
- KHA-lik
Is Khaliq a girl's or a boy's name?
Khaliq is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khaliq in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Khaliq, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2003, with 40 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the boys named Khaliq in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Khaliq in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 23 | #4,293 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 29 | #3,589 |
| 2006 | 27 | #3,684 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 28 | #3,364 |
| 2003 | 40 | #2,541 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 31 | #2,858 |
| 1999 | 30 | #2,791 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
Names like Khaliq
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Zahir Muhammad Ahmad Zayd Abdullah Amir Musa Zamir Mustafa Ahmir Nasir
Names related to Khaliq
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa