Khalid

What Khalid means

Means “immortal; glorious; eternal”

From Arabic خَالِد (ḵālid, “immortal; glorious; eternal”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Khalid” (revision 91659085), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Khalid?

US: Steady: #1023 in 2015, #940 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #429 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2019, when 273 boys got the name (#826 that year). First in the US records in 1962.

How common

• About 1 in 6,832 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,470 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,964 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MN (0.61 per 1,000 boys), IL (0.54 per 1,000 boys), CT (0.38 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Khalid is #940 in the US and #252 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Khalid were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Khaled91 US · 25 E&W
• Khaleed8 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Khaled

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Khalid

Boys

• Khalil#384“friend”^*
• Mohammad#561Variant of Muhammad, meaning “praised, commendable, laudable”^*
• Zayn#251“beauty”^*
• Muhammad#239“praised, commendable, laudable”^*
• Salem#679Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #679 vs #1,359 in 2025
• Ali#306“high, exalted”^*

For a sister

• Salem#435Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,425 in 2015, #435 in 2025
• Alia#587Feminine form of Ali, meaning “high, exalted”^*
• Amina#315“faithful, trustworthy”^*
• Maryam#351Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #52 vs #351 in 2025
• Noor#659“light”^*
• Zahra#538Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 8 babies

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Arabic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Khalid’s. Rank is US 2025.