Jahlil
Masculine · “majestic”
Jalil is majestic in Arabic — al-Jalil is a divine name — and the root means to be great or exalted.
How old is the name Jahlil?
Jahlil first appears in US birth records in 1986 — 39 years ago. The typical Jahlil alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 2,400 people named Jahlil are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jahlil most popular?
Jahlil peaked in 2015, reaching #1514 nationally. Today it ranks #2572, 1,058 places below that high. See the whole 2015 chart.
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Where it comes from
From jalil to Jahlil
The story of Jahlil
Al-Jalil, the Majestic, is one of the ninety-nine names of God, and jalal, majesty, opens the name of Rumi — Jalal ad-Din, the majesty of the faith. Jahlil is an American spelling of Jalil and appears in the registers in current use.
Meaning
majestic, exalted
From the Arabic jalil, 'majestic' or 'great', from a root meaning to be exalted. Al-Jalil is among the ninety-nine divine names. The same root gives jalal, 'majesty', as in Jalal ad-Din Rumi. The Jah- spelling is an American variant.
How the name formed
- jalil
- Jalil
- Jahlil
Related forms: جليل · Jalil · Jaleel
Pronouncing Jahlil
juh-LEEL
Two syllables, stress on the second. Arabic Jalil is said much the same way.
Nicknames for Jahlil
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
- 1986
- Most boys named
- 2016112 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1514reached in 2015
- Change vs 2024
- +8.5%51 in 2025, from 47
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.
Jahlil in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- جليل in Arabic — related form
- Jalil in English — spelling variant
- Jaleel in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania.
Jahlils among us
people named Jahlil are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 33,492 born in 2025 was named Jahlil
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 Arash test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jahlil's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Arash climbed just as high around 1982, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Arash's path sketches the road Jahlil is walking now.
Jahlil 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
Where Jahlil is headed
Jahlil is easing off slowly — about 25% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Jahlil beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jahlil in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That it is one of the divine names is real theological weight.
- That Rumi's name means 'majesty of the faith' is a first-rate connection.
- The end stress gives it a strong rhythm against a front-stressed surname.
- Jalil is the standard transliteration.
- The Lil ending collides with modern slang.
- At least three spellings of the sound are in circulation.
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Masculine · #2572 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Jahlils are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,400 people named Jahlil are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jahlil in 2025?
- Jahlil ranks #2572 among US boy names in 2025, with 51 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jahlil?
- About 1 in every 33,492 US boys born in 2025 was named Jahlil — 51 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jahlil with classmates?
- Jahlil will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Jahlil
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