Khalid

“Immortal and everlasting” — Arabic origin

Boy's name · #940 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Khalid reached its best rank, #716, in 1994 and ranked #940 in 2025. Roughly 8,200 boys have been named Khalid since 1962. Its center of gravity has moved: strongest in the Northeast in the 1960s and 1970s, strongest in the Midwest today.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,500 boys in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 2,000 boys in Scotland (2025) · about 1 in 2,400 boys in Ireland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 18 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Khalids

Khalid ibn al-Walid — Arab Muslim military general (d. 642)
Khalid of Saudi Arabia — King of Saudi Arabia (1911-1982)
Khalid Boulahrouz — Dutch association football player (born 1981)
Khalid — American singer (born 1998)
Khalid Boutaïb — French and Moroccan footballer

In stories & tradition

Khalid Nassour — Convergence

What Khalids become

Among 599 notable people named Khalid:

Sports figures appear 1.62× more often than among typical names — e.g. Khalid Boulahrouz, Dutch association football player (born 1981).

Similar names: Bilal · Khalil · Kenan · Karim · Khaled · Zaid

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