Jabril
Masculine · “God is my strength”
Jabril is the Arabic form of Gabriel, and it is the angel who brings the revelation — the one who dictates the Qur'an.
How old is the name Jabril?
Jabril first appears in US birth records in 1979 — 46 years ago. The typical Jabril alive today was born around 2006, making them about 19 years old. About 1,600 people named Jabril are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jabril most popular?
Jabril peaked in 1993, reaching #1431 nationally. Today it ranks #4396, 2,965 places below that high. See the whole 1993 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Gavri'el to Jabril
The story of Jabril
Jibril is the angel who conveys the revelation to Muhammad, which gives him a more central role in Islam than Gabriel has in Christianity, where he chiefly announces. The same figure appears in Daniel explaining visions. Jabril and Jibreel are both used as personal names, and Jabril appears in American records chiefly in African-American Muslim families.
Meaning
God is my strength
From Hebrew Gavri'el, joining gever, a strong man, to el, God; Arabic Jibril and Jabril render the same name. He is the angel of revelation in Islamic tradition and the announcer in Luke.
How the name formed
- Gavri'el
- Jibril
- Jabril
Related forms: Jibril · Gabriel · Gavriel
Pronouncing Jabril
juh-BREEL
Two syllables with the stress on the second. Arabic Jibril gives jib-REEL.
Nicknames for Jabril
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1979
- Most boys named
- 199366 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1431reached in 1993
- Change vs 2024
- −32.4%23 in 2025, from 34
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Jabril in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Jibril in Arabic — spelling variant
- Gabriel in English — same name
- Gavriel in Hebrew — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Georgia.
Jabrils among us
people named Jabril are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 74,264 born in 2025 was named Jabril
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Derrin test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jabril's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Derrin climbed just as high around 1965, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Derrin's path sketches the road Jabril is walking now.
Jabril sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Jabril beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jabril in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning that forms a complete sentence.
- One of the most significant figures in three traditions stands behind it.
- Six letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- Jibril is the standard Arabic transliteration and both are used.
- The Jab clip is an ordinary English verb.
- Gabriel is the English form and enormously more common.
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Masculine · #4396 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Jabrils are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,600 people named Jabril are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jabril in 2025?
- Jabril ranks #4396 among US boy names in 2025, with 23 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jabril?
- About 1 in every 74,264 US boys born in 2025 was named Jabril — 23 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jabril with classmates?
- Jabril will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Jabril
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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