Yamil
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ya-MEEL
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Yamil is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “handsome, beautiful”. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Yamil mean?
Arabic: Latin American spelling of Jamil
“handsome, beautiful”
Is Yamil a girl's or a boy's name?
Yamil is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yamil in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,395th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Yamil, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,495th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 103 boys. It first appears in the records in 1961.
Half of all the boys named Yamil in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yamil in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,243 |
| 2020 | 31 | #3,495 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2017 | 34 | #3,310 |
| 2016 | 34 | #3,292 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 38 | #2,983 |
| 2013 | 52 | #2,401 |
| 2012 | 48 | #2,550 |
| 2011 | 63 | #2,104 |
| 2010 | 81 | #1,805 |
| 2009 | 92 | #1,697 |
| 2008 | 103 | #1,553 |
| 2007 | 90 | #1,681 |
| 2006 | 64 | #2,061 |
| 2005 | 59 | #2,077 |
| 2004 | 59 | #2,020 |
| 2003 | 37 | #2,670 |
| 2002 | 36 | #2,628 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 31 | #2,858 |
| 1999 | 29 | #2,861 |
| 1998 | 34 | #2,504 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,287 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 23 | #2,822 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
Names like Yamil
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Muhammad, Zahir, Ahmad, Khalil, Amir, Abdullah, Samir, Mustafa, Zayd, Musa, Nasir
Names related to Yamil
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
Sources
Figures from 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, “Yamil: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yamil, updated 20 October 2026.