# Khaled (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/khaled/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Khalid |
| US babies named this | 2,777 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,777 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 505, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Arabic خَالِد (ḵālid).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 65 | 2,072 |
| 2012 | 86 | 1,750 |
| 2013 | 94 | 1,629 |
| 2014 | 100 | 1,584 |
| 2015 | 99 | 1,621 |
| 2016 | 113 | 1,507 |
| 2017 | 96 | 1,655 |
| 2018 | 105 | 1,587 |
| 2019 | 105 | 1,587 |
| 2020 | 99 | 1,626 |
| 2021 | 108 | 1,593 |
| 2022 | 102 | 1,688 |
| 2023 | 89 | 1,813 |
| 2024 | 114 | 1,542 |
| 2025 | 91 | 1,773 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21 | 1,209 |
| 2012 | 21 | 1,229 |
| 2013 | 16 | 1,462 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,560 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1,586 |
| 2016 | 20 | 1,319 |
| 2017 | 22 | 1,210 |
| 2018 | 25 | 1,097 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,253 |
| 2020 | 20 | 1,273 |
| 2021 | 21 | 1,250 |
| 2022 | 20 | 1,314 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2024 | 27 | 1,076 |
| 2025 | 25 | 1,153 |

## People named Khaled

- Khaled, Algerian musician (born 1960)
- DJ Khaled, American DJ and rapper (born 1975)
- Khaled bin Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi
- Khaled Habib, Algerian musician
- Khaled Ibrahim, association football player
- Khaled Ahmed, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Khaled Jalal, association football player
- Khaled Al-Senani, Emirati association football player
- Khaled Ba Wazir, Emirati footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.