Jaleel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ja-LEEL
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,976 for boys
Jaleel is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “great, majestic”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 1,976th for boys in the US (77 babies).
What does Jaleel mean?
Arabic: spelling of Jalil
“great, majestic”
Is Jaleel a girl's or a boy's name?
Jaleel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 77 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jaleel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 140% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Jaleel, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2011, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jaleel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Jaleel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Jaleel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,976among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 77about 1 in 22,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 77 boys in the US were named Jaleel, making it the 1,976th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,731st. Its busiest year was 1994, with 255 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the boys named Jaleel in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 184 boys in the US were given Jaleel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,045, up from #1,976 for this spelling alone.
Jaleel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77 | #1,976 |
| 2024 | 60 | #2,345 |
| 2023 | 80 | #1,941 |
| 2022 | 98 | #1,720 |
| 2021 | 104 | #1,621 |
| 2020 | 89 | #1,731 |
| 2019 | 108 | #1,548 |
| 2018 | 89 | #1,733 |
| 2017 | 106 | #1,541 |
| 2016 | 99 | #1,618 |
| 2015 | 98 | #1,625 |
| 2014 | 109 | #1,485 |
| 2013 | 124 | #1,361 |
| 2012 | 157 | #1,161 |
| 2011 | 143 | #1,219 |
| 2010 | 156 | #1,173 |
| 2009 | 163 | #1,132 |
| 2008 | 136 | #1,276 |
| 2007 | 111 | #1,445 |
| 2006 | 98 | #1,526 |
| 2005 | 133 | #1,195 |
| 2004 | 178 | #944 |
| 2003 | 141 | #1,092 |
| 2002 | 72 | #1,644 |
| 2001 | 107 | #1,239 |
| 2000 | 148 | #996 |
| 1999 | 162 | #914 |
| 1998 | 183 | #817 |
| 1997 | 205 | #737 |
| 1996 | 204 | #743 |
| 1995 | 237 | #686 |
| 1994 | 255 | #651 |
| 1993 | 158 | #838 |
| 1992 | 205 | #718 |
| 1991 | 144 | #873 |
| 1990 | 29 | #2,368 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,900 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
Names like Jaleel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Hamza Ahmed Abdullah Amir Mustafa Musa Umar Khalid Syed Ibrahim Zayd
Other spellings of Jaleel
Names related to Jaleel
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
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, “Jaleel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jaleel, updated 20 October 2026.