Khalid
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Eternal
- Origin
- Arabic
About the Name Khalid
Khalid comes from the Arabic khālid, meaning "eternal" or "immortal" — a name with deep resonance in Arabic tradition, where it has long been carried by figures of renown and admired for its sense of permanence and endurance. The meaning gives it a weight and timelessness that few names can match, evoking something that lasts well beyond a single lifetime. To name a child Khalid is to wish him a lasting mark on the world.
That blend of strong meaning and smooth pronunciation has carried Khalid across many cultures, where it reads as both deeply rooted and effortlessly wearable. Its two clear syllables make it easy to say in English while preserving its distinctive heritage, and it sits comfortably alongside both traditional and contemporary names. The result is a name that feels at once classic and current, weighty in meaning yet light on the tongue.
As a boys' name, Khalid first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2000 and reached its peak in 2001 at #717. It has shown remarkable staying power across the decades, remaining in the rankings as recently as 2024, when it sat at #936, and over its tracked span it accounted for 3,090 births among the top-1000. The recorded variant Khaled offers an alternate transliteration of the same enduring, eternal name.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Khalid
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Khalid by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2019 with 273 boys named Khalid (boy rank #827 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #940 for boys (250 US births). That's 113 places below its 2019 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Khalid Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Khalid the strongest states are Minnesota, New York, Kentucky.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota | #319 | 187 |
| 2 | New York | #639 | 212 |
| 3 | Kentucky | #643 | 18 |
| 4 | Maryland | #656 | 22 |
| 5 | Massachusetts | #684 | 25 |
| 6 | Wisconsin | #690 | 20 |
| 7 | Illinois | #700 | 114 |
| 8 | Washington | #701 | 68 |
| 9 | Ohio | #703 | 118 |
| 10 | Michigan | #737 | 90 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | #941 | 99 |
| 2 | Florida | #909 | 61 |
| 3 | Georgia | #893 | 68 |
| 4 | Virginia | #867 | 51 |
| 5 | Missouri | #853 | 23 |
| 6 | New Jersey | #811 | 54 |
| 7 | Pennsylvania | #798 | 41 |
| 8 | Michigan | #737 | 90 |
| 9 | Ohio | #703 | 118 |
| 10 | Washington | #701 | 68 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Khalid in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khaled | "Eternal, Immortal" | Male | Arabic |
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Compare Khalid to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Khalid against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).