Jalil
Masculine · “great”
Jalil is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 2,910 boys against 5 girls since 1880.
Jalil is an Arabic word for greatness of the kind that commands respect — majesty rather than size — and it is one of the divine names.
How old is the name Jalil?
Jalil first appears in US birth records in 1974 — 51 years ago. The typical Jalil alive today was born around 2004, making them about 21 years old. About 2,900 people named Jalil are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jalil most popular?
Jalil peaked in 2000, reaching #1196 nationally. Today it ranks #3757, 2,561 places below that high. See the whole 2000 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Jalil
The root j-l-l covers greatness in the sense of what compels reverence, distinct from the roots for size or from the ones for generosity. Jalil has been a personal name across the Arab world and Persia since the early Islamic period, and the related Jalal was borne by the thirteenth-century Persian poet whose name in the west is Rumi. It reaches American records from Arab, Persian and African-American Muslim families.
Meaning
great, majestic, revered
From an Arabic root meaning to be great or exalted; al-Jalil, the Majestic, is among the names of God, and the related jalal names the quality itself and appears in the compound Jalal al-Din.
Pronouncing Jalil
jah-LEEL
Two syllables with the stress on the long second. There is little variation.
Nicknames for Jalil
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
- 1974
- Most boys named
- 2000113 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1196reached in 2000
- Change vs 2024
- +20.8%29 in 2025, from 24
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.
Jalil in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Jaleel in Arabic — spelling variant
- Jalil in Persian — same name
- Jaleel in Urdu — same name
- Celil in Turkish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Pennsylvania, Texas, North Carolina.
Jalils among us
people named Jalil are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 58,899 born in 2025 was named Jalil
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 Yukio test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jalil's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Yukio climbed just as high around 1922, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Yukio's path sketches the road Jalil is walking now.
Jalil 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 Jalil is headed
Jalil is easing off slowly — about 28% 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.
Jalil beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jalil 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 with a precise sense — the greatness that compels respect.
- Recognized across the Arab world, Iran, Turkey and South Asia.
- Five letters and two syllables, easy to write and to say.
- Jaleel is the other standard spelling and relatives may prefer it.
- It is close to Khalil and Jamil, which are separate Arabic names.
- The stress moves to the front in some English mouths.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jalils are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,900 people named Jalil are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jalil in 2025?
- Jalil ranks #3757 among US boy names in 2025, with 29 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jalil?
- About 1 in every 58,899 US boys born in 2025 was named Jalil — 29 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jalil with classmates?
- Jalil will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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