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Baby name
Khalil
Boy
Origin of the name
Khalil is an Arabic name, khalil, “close friend.” In Muslim tradition, Abraham is called Khalil Allah, “the friend of God.”
Rising name
25,021births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 274rank at its peak, in 2020
Where babies named Khalil are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Khalil is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Khalil is most common in District of Columbia (5.2 times), Maryland (2.9) and South Carolina (2.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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