Jamil
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ja-MEEL
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,964 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,676 for boys
Jamil is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “beautiful, handsome”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 2,676th for boys in the US (48 babies).
What does Jamil mean?
Arabic
“beautiful, handsome”
From the same Arabic root as Jamal, beauty; Jamila is the feminine form.
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Is Jamil a girl's or a boy's name?
Jamil is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 48 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jamil in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,964th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Jamil, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2004, with 47 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jamil in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 23 boys in the UK were given Jamil or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,127, up from #1,964 for this spelling alone.
- Jamil 13
- Jameel 10
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Jamil in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,561 |
| 2021 | 14 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,591 |
| 2015 | 23 | #1,237 |
| 2014 | 20 | #1,357 |
| 2013 | 20 | #1,347 |
| 2012 | 23 | #1,234 |
| 2011 | 32 | #971 |
| 2010 | 39 | #837 |
| 2009 | 26 | #1,086 |
| 2008 | 23 | #1,171 |
| 2007 | 20 | #1,257 |
| 2006 | 31 | #880 |
| 2005 | 35 | #778 |
| 2004 | 47 | #599 |
| 2003 | 37 | #660 |
| 2002 | 30 | #707 |
| 2001 | 34 | #617 |
| 2000 | 27 | #728 |
| 1999 | 27 | #705 |
| 1998 | 25 | #730 |
| 1997 | 22 | #785 |
| 1996 | 30 | #601 |
How popular is Jamil in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,676th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 48 about 1 in 36,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 48 boys in the US were named Jamil, making it the 2,676th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,167th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 214 boys. It first appears in the records in 1931.
2025 had fewer boys named Jamil than any year since 1971.
Half of all the boys named Jamil in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 78 boys in the US were given Jamil or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,707, up from #2,676 for this spelling alone.
Jamil in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | #2,676 |
| 2024 | 58 | #2,393 |
| 2023 | 75 | #2,013 |
| 2022 | 69 | #2,135 |
| 2021 | 74 | #1,999 |
| 2020 | 64 | #2,167 |
| 2019 | 86 | #1,790 |
| 2018 | 92 | #1,707 |
| 2017 | 95 | #1,661 |
| 2016 | 91 | #1,706 |
| 2015 | 110 | #1,502 |
| 2014 | 108 | #1,492 |
| 2013 | 89 | #1,674 |
| 2012 | 106 | #1,514 |
| 2011 | 134 | #1,279 |
| 2010 | 143 | #1,232 |
| 2009 | 156 | #1,160 |
| 2008 | 164 | #1,115 |
| 2007 | 169 | #1,083 |
| 2006 | 141 | #1,190 |
| 2005 | 157 | #1,052 |
| 2004 | 164 | #1,006 |
| 2003 | 164 | #974 |
| 2002 | 171 | #938 |
| 2001 | 186 | #862 |
| 2000 | 193 | #827 |
| 1999 | 149 | #964 |
| 1998 | 146 | #951 |
| 1997 | 151 | #904 |
| 1996 | 159 | #866 |
| 1995 | 161 | #850 |
| 1994 | 199 | #741 |
| 1993 | 174 | #799 |
| 1992 | 193 | #742 |
| 1991 | 214 | #687 |
| 1990 | 189 | #737 |
| 1989 | 169 | #755 |
| 1988 | 141 | #797 |
| 1987 | 157 | #729 |
| 1986 | 151 | #738 |
| 1985 | 142 | #746 |
| 1984 | 117 | #808 |
| 1983 | 143 | #721 |
| 1982 | 150 | #712 |
| 1981 | 139 | #735 |
| 1980 | 158 | #690 |
| 1979 | 153 | #691 |
| 1978 | 157 | #669 |
| 1977 | 147 | #701 |
| 1976 | 140 | #700 |
| 1975 | 93 | #861 |
| 1974 | 85 | #867 |
| 1973 | 55 | #1,093 |
| 1972 | 50 | #1,149 |
| 1971 | 46 | #1,214 |
| 1970 | 49 | #1,178 |
| 1969 | 21 | #1,809 |
| 1968 | 28 | #1,477 |
| 1967 | 17 | #1,905 |
| 1966 | 17 | #1,890 |
| 1965 | 23 | #1,624 |
| 1964 | 18 | #1,899 |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,538 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
Names like Jamil
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ahmed, Muhammad, Hamza, Abdullah, Hassan, Umar, Mustafa, Khalid, Nabil, Raheem, Amir, Fahad
Other spellings of Jamil
Jameel, Jahmiel
Names related to Jamil
Jamal, Jamaal, Jamel, Jamiel, Jamahl, Jameil, Jamell, Jamall
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, “Jamil: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jamil, updated 20 October 2026.