Khalilah
Khalilah is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Khalilah Ali, actress and martial artist Khalilah Sabra, American Muslim advocate and author Aisha Khalilah Steiner or A. L. Steiner, American multimedia artist, author and educator
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Khalilah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Khalilah is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Khalilah Ali, actress and martial artist Khalilah Sabra, American Muslim advocate and author Aisha Khalilah Steiner or A. L. Steiner, American multimedia artist, author and educator
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Khalilah
American parents first put Khalilah on the record books as a baby girl name in 1975, with 17 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1976, when 205 Khalilahs were born — ranking #714 that year. The 1970s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 38% of all recorded Khalilahs. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #5,290 among baby girl names with 24 births, rising sharply (+24% over the past five years). In total, more than 2K Khalilahs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Khalilah
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About the name Khalilah
Khalilah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Khalilah's peak popularity came in 1976 when it ranked #714. Use the chart and map above to compare Khalilah'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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