Jalil
Boy · ja-LEEL · Arabic
Jalil is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “majestic, exalted”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 3,756th for boys in the US (29 babies).
What does Jalil mean?
Arabic
“majestic, exalted”
Al-Jalil, 'the Majestic', is one of the 99 names of God in Islam.
- Say it
- ja-LEEL
Is Jalil a girl's or a boy's name?
Jalil is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 29 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jalil in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Jalil, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jalil in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Jalil in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Jalil in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,756among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 59,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the US were named Jalil, making it the 3,756th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,167th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 113 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the boys named Jalil in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 184 boys in the US were given Jalil or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,045, up from #3,756 for this spelling alone.
Jalil in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #3,756 |
| 2024 | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2023 | 35 | #3,345 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,149 |
| 2021 | 46 | #2,731 |
| 2020 | 64 | #2,167 |
| 2019 | 53 | #2,490 |
| 2018 | 52 | #2,471 |
| 2017 | 51 | #2,492 |
| 2016 | 69 | #2,047 |
| 2015 | 47 | #2,599 |
| 2014 | 56 | #2,315 |
| 2013 | 70 | #1,963 |
| 2012 | 77 | #1,881 |
| 2011 | 94 | #1,620 |
| 2010 | 82 | #1,793 |
| 2009 | 93 | #1,687 |
| 2008 | 94 | #1,639 |
| 2007 | 106 | #1,496 |
| 2006 | 86 | #1,654 |
| 2005 | 111 | #1,353 |
| 2004 | 108 | #1,347 |
| 2003 | 83 | #1,535 |
| 2002 | 108 | #1,255 |
| 2001 | 104 | #1,273 |
| 2000 | 113 | #1,194 |
| 1999 | 100 | #1,239 |
| 1998 | 78 | #1,446 |
| 1997 | 90 | #1,271 |
| 1996 | 93 | #1,204 |
| 1995 | 83 | #1,281 |
| 1994 | 71 | #1,379 |
| 1993 | 58 | #1,549 |
| 1992 | 64 | #1,424 |
| 1991 | 76 | #1,276 |
| 1990 | 37 | #2,007 |
| 1989 | 61 | #1,393 |
| 1988 | 44 | #1,613 |
| 1987 | 52 | #1,398 |
| 1986 | 30 | #1,960 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,708 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
Names like Jalil
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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