# Khalid (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/khalid/  
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 | Arabic |
| Meaning | “immortal”, “glorious”, “eternal” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Khaled |
| US babies named this | 8,197 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8,197 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,873, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## What it means

Khalid is grouped under famous.

## 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 | 157 | 1,150 |
| 2012 | 174 | 1,079 |
| 2013 | 172 | 1,086 |
| 2014 | 220 | 963 |
| 2015 | 198 | 1,027 |
| 2016 | 238 | 907 |
| 2017 | 253 | 863 |
| 2018 | 264 | 845 |
| 2019 | 273 | 827 |
| 2020 | 251 | 898 |
| 2021 | 259 | 891 |
| 2022 | 235 | 963 |
| 2023 | 218 | 1,011 |
| 2024 | 246 | 937 |
| 2025 | 250 | 940 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 90 | 435 |
| 2012 | 96 | 415 |
| 2013 | 120 | 345 |
| 2014 | 107 | 381 |
| 2015 | 96 | 429 |
| 2016 | 103 | 410 |
| 2017 | 114 | 390 |
| 2018 | 81 | 490 |
| 2019 | 116 | 374 |
| 2020 | 92 | 436 |
| 2021 | 91 | 452 |
| 2022 | 118 | 362 |
| 2023 | 147 | 301 |
| 2024 | 143 | 313 |
| 2025 | 185 | 252 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 哈立德
- Esperanto: Ĥalijo
- French: Khalid
- Greek: Χαλίντ
- Hindi: ख़ालिद
- Japanese: ハレド, ハーリド, ハリド
- Turkish: Halit

## 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.