Jamil Boy
How popular is Jamil?
#2,676 boy name in 2025
48 baby boys were named Jamil in the US in 2025, making it the 2676th most popular boy name.
Jamil popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,676 for boys (▼ 283 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 48 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-56% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,502 in 2015, #2,167 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1991 (214 boys) |
| Highest rank | #669 in 1978 |
| First recorded | 1931 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jamil counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jamal family of names ranked #783 for boys in 2025 (#743 the year before), with 297 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jamal | 169 | 57% |
| Jamil | 48 | 16% |
| Jamel | 46 | 15% |
| Jamell | 20 | 7% |
| Jamall | 7 | 2% |
| Jamelle | 7 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jamil is most popular
Babies named Jamil per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Jamil by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1940s | 5 | #3,666 |
| 1950s | 25 | #2,963 |
| 1960s | 162 | #1,477 |
| 1970s | 975 | #669 |
| 1980s | 1,467 | #690 |
| 1990s | 1,735 | #687 |
| 2000s | 1,665 | #827 |
| 2010s | 1,054 | #1,232 |
| 2020s | 388 | #1,999 |
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Questions
- Is Jamil a boy or girl name?
- Jamil is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jamil were boys.
- How popular is the name Jamil?
- 48 baby boys were named Jamil in the US in 2025, making it the 2676th most popular boy name.
- When was Jamil most popular?
- Jamil peaked in 1991, when 214 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #669 in 1978.
- How many people are named Jamil?
- 7,735 babies have been named Jamil in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,439 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 31.
- Where is Jamil most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jamil was most common in New York, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.