Khaleel is a distinctive choice, ranked #953 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Khaleel in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#953
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About the Name Khaleel
2024 marks Khaleel's peak year in UK records so far, sitting at UK #981. The name has climbed 333 places in the last five years — a significant surge by any measure. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Khaleel is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Khaleel in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Khaleel
Khaleel Ahmed — Khaleel Khursheed Ahmed is an Indian international cricketer.
Abdulla Khaleel — Abdulla Khaleel is a Maldivian politician who is serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Maldives since 2024.
Rafiq Khaleel — Rafiq Salah-Edine Khaleel is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for National League club Dagenham & Redbridge.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Khaleel
Unlikely. With around 32 UK babies named Khaleel per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Khaleel in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Khaleel is at its highest recorded position — #953 in 2025, with 32 births. In 2020 it ranked #1,314.
Khaleel 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 Khaleel include: Khaleel Ahmed, Abdulla Khaleel and Rafiq Khaleel. Short summaries for each appear below.
Khaleel does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Khaleels in the wild.
32
UK babies named Khaleel (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↑ 361 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Khaleel
Almost certainly the only Khaleel in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Khaleel
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Khaleel Mohammed was a Guyanese-born professor of Religion at San Diego State University (SDSU), in San Diego, California, a member of Homeland Security Master's Program, and, as of January 2021, Director of SDSU's Center for Islamic and Arabic Studies.