Khaled is a distinctive choice, ranked #1076 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Khaled in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1076
About the Name Khaled
Khaled is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 197 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1027 in 1999 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Khaled is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Khaled
Unlikely. With around 27 UK babies named Khaled per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Khaled in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Khaled is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 197 places over the last five years to #1076 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Khaled is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Khaled include: Khaled bin Alwaleed Al Saud — Khaled bin Alwaleed Al Saud is a House of Saud royal, entrepreneur, and investor.; Khaled Aziz — Khaled Aziz Al-Thaker is a Saudi Arabian former footballer who played as a midfielder.; Khaled Abdel Ghaffar — Khalid Atef Abdul Ghaffar is the former Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and the current Minister of Health and Population in Egypt..
Khaled does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Khaleds in the wild.
27
UK babies named Khaled (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 197 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Khaled
Likely around 1 other Khaled in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Khaled
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Khaled bin Alwaleed Al Saud is a House of Saud royal, entrepreneur, and investor. He is the son of Al-Waleed bin Talal and his first wife and cousin Dalal bint Saud.
Khaled Aziz Al-Thaker is a Saudi Arabian former footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for Saudi Arabian multi-sports club Al Hilal during the AFC Champions League in 2009-2011, and was called up to the squad at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Khalid Atef Abdul Ghaffar is the former Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and the current Minister of Health and Population in Egypt. He was appointed Acting Minister of Health and Population in October 2021.
Khaled Mashal (Arabic: خالد مشعل, romanized: Khālid Mashʿal, Levantine Arabic: [ˈχæːled ˈmeʃʕæl]; born 28 May 1956) is a Palestinian politician who served as the second chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau from 1996 until May 2017, when he was succeeded by Ismail Haniyeh. He has been the acting leader of Hamas twice, from July 2024 until August 2024 and since October 2024, after both leaders were assassinated by Israel.
Hassan Khaled was the leader of Lebanon's Sunni Muslim community. As a grand mufti, he presided over Islamic courts in Lebanon for 23 years, and served as head of the Islamic Coalition, a body which included past and present prime ministers, Sunni parliamentary figures, and Sunni members of Lebanon's government.
Khaled Efendi al-Atassi al-Husseini, was an Ottoman Syria religious authority, jurist, scholar and poet. Born in Homs to the famous Atassi family in 1837, he went through the traditional preparation for the position of Mufti, a post his family filled for over 400 years.
Tohami Mohamed Khaled (also known as al-Tuhamy Mohamed Khaled; Arabic: التهامي محمد خالد) was the head of the Internal Security Agency of Libya during the final years of the government of Muammar Gaddafi. He was indicted in the International Criminal Court in 2013 on charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes allegedly committed during the First Libyan Civil War.