Jamiel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- jah-MEEL
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Jamiel is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “handsome, beautiful”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Jamiel mean?
Arabic: spelling of Jamil
“handsome, beautiful”
A spelling of Jamil, from the Arabic word for handsome or beautiful; the feminine form is Jamila.
Is Jamiel a girl's or a boy's name?
Jamiel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jamiel in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 6 boys.
Jamiel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
How popular is Jamiel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Jamiel, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 1981, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 1969.
2025 had fewer boys named Jamiel than any year since 1969.
Half of all the boys named Jamiel in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jamiel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 24 | #4,125 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,530 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 21 | #3,904 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,452 |
| 1991 | 24 | #2,747 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 24 | #2,432 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 21 | #2,508 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,708 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 23 | #2,207 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 27 | #1,995 |
| 1980 | 20 | #2,443 |
| 1979 | 24 | #2,104 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 19 | #2,361 |
| 1976 | 17 | #2,507 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
Names like Jamiel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Abdul Ali Muhammad Ahmed Jacob Syed Gabriel Hamza Abdullah Hassan Khalid Jonah
Names related to Jamiel
Jamal Jameel Jamil Jamie-Lee Jamel Jamielee Jahmel Jamell Jamelle
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima 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, “Jamiel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jamiel, updated 20 October 2026.