Jabril
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- jah-BREEL
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Jabril is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is my strength”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Jabril mean?
Hebrew: variant of Jibril, the Arabic form of Gabriel
“God is my strength”
In Islam, Jibril is the angel who brought the revelation of the Quran to the Prophet Muhammad.
Is Jabril a girl's or a boy's name?
Jabril is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jabril in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Jabril, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2010, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jabril in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Jabril in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
How popular is Jabril in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,395th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Jabril, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,657th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 66 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
2025 had fewer boys named Jabril than any year since 1989.
Half of all the boys named Jabril in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jabril in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 34 | #3,392 |
| 2023 | 43 | #2,894 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,149 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,020 |
| 2020 | 47 | #2,657 |
| 2019 | 56 | #2,393 |
| 2018 | 59 | #2,281 |
| 2017 | 49 | #2,565 |
| 2016 | 43 | #2,782 |
| 2015 | 45 | #2,683 |
| 2014 | 34 | #3,232 |
| 2013 | 30 | #3,495 |
| 2012 | 38 | #3,000 |
| 2011 | 43 | #2,747 |
| 2010 | 38 | #3,013 |
| 2009 | 48 | #2,584 |
| 2008 | 43 | #2,787 |
| 2007 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2006 | 47 | #2,541 |
| 2005 | 43 | #2,563 |
| 2004 | 54 | #2,160 |
| 2003 | 45 | #2,345 |
| 2002 | 45 | #2,291 |
| 2001 | 47 | #2,181 |
| 2000 | 41 | #2,326 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,095 |
| 1998 | 50 | #1,928 |
| 1997 | 41 | #2,123 |
| 1996 | 60 | #1,613 |
| 1995 | 38 | #2,135 |
| 1994 | 47 | #1,817 |
| 1993 | 66 | #1,426 |
| 1992 | 48 | #1,745 |
| 1991 | 44 | #1,792 |
| 1990 | 34 | #2,123 |
| 1989 | 18 | #3,199 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,074 |
| 1987 | 16 | #3,068 |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,002 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
Names like Jabril
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Ibrahim, Muhammad, Ahmed, Hamza, Ismail, Abdullah, Yusuf, Syed, Jonah, Zakariya, Khalil
Names related to Jabril
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jabril: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jabril, updated 20 October 2026.