Jhalil
Boy · jah-LEEL · Arabic
Jhalil is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “majestic, exalted”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Jhalil mean?
Arabic: variant spelling of Jalil
“majestic, exalted”
Respelling of Jalil; al-Jalil, 'the Majestic', is one of the 99 names of God in Islam.
- Say it
- jah-LEEL
Is Jhalil a girl's or a boy's name?
Jhalil is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jhalil in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Jhalil, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the boys named Jhalil in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jhalil in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
Names like Jhalil
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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