Jahleel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ja-LEEL
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,948 for boys
Jahleel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “wait for God”. In 2025 it ranked 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
What does Jahleel mean?
Hebrew: biblical name; also a spelling of Arabic Jalil
“wait for God”
In Genesis, Jahleel is a son of Zebulun and ancestor of a family of that tribe.
Is Jahleel a girl's or a boy's name?
Jahleel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jahleel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,948th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27 about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Jahleel, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,495th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 61 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.
2025 had fewer boys named Jahleel than any year since 1997.
Half of all the boys named Jahleel in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 184 boys in the US were given Jahleel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,045, up from #3,948 for this spelling alone.
Jahleel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,000 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,226 |
| 2022 | 47 | #2,751 |
| 2021 | 43 | #2,861 |
| 2020 | 31 | #3,495 |
| 2019 | 55 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 46 | #2,673 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,070 |
| 2016 | 51 | #2,477 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,084 |
| 2014 | 38 | #2,983 |
| 2013 | 49 | #2,490 |
| 2012 | 57 | #2,269 |
| 2011 | 41 | #2,851 |
| 2010 | 61 | #2,168 |
| 2009 | 53 | #2,400 |
| 2008 | 41 | #2,878 |
| 2007 | 41 | #2,866 |
| 2006 | 32 | #3,304 |
| 2005 | 29 | #3,385 |
| 2004 | 47 | #2,372 |
| 2003 | 30 | #3,114 |
| 2002 | 49 | #2,151 |
| 2001 | 37 | #2,557 |
| 2000 | 37 | #2,520 |
| 1999 | 37 | #2,395 |
| 1998 | 41 | #2,196 |
| 1997 | 25 | #2,976 |
| 1996 | 29 | #2,585 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,097 |
| 1994 | 23 | #3,024 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,135 |
| 1992 | 22 | #2,993 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
Names like Jahleel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Zamir, Jamir, Hamza, Abdiel, Ibrahim, Zahir, Salem, Yahir, Amir, Nasir, Muhammad
Other spellings of Jahleel
Names related to Jahleel
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from 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, “Jahleel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jahleel, updated 20 October 2026.