Kalid
Khalid is a popular Arabic male given name meaning "eternal, everlasting, immortal". It also appears as a surname.
Meaning & Origin of Kalid
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Khalid is a popular Arabic male given name meaning "eternal, everlasting, immortal". It also appears as a surname.
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The Story of Kalid
The earliest SSA record of Kalid as a baby boy name dates back to 1974, when 5 babies received it. 1996 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Kalid — #5,187 in the national rankings. About 31% of every Kalid on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Kalid last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 204 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Kalid
Kalid is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1974 and has accumulated 204 births in the dataset. Kalid's peak popularity came in 1996 when it ranked #5,187. Use the chart and map above to compare Kalid's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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