Jameel
Jameel was the 5108th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 19 babies. Its best year was 1978, when it ranked 762nd with 123 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,788 places. More babies were named Jameel in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,108 boys, down 631 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 19boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1978123 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,058babies recorded
Jameel popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 18 since 1977.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,108 | 19 |
| 2020 | #4,477 | 22 |
| 2010 | #3,575 | 30 |
| 2000 | #1,692 | 68 |
| 1990 | #1,415 | 63 |
| 1980 | #838 | 111 |
| 1970 | #2,793 | 12 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Jameel, counting every spelling?
Jameel is a spelling of Jamel, a name family that had 92 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 92 boys in 2025.
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Jameel?
19 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jameel (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Jameel born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 439 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jameel.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Jameel?
About 2,900 people born in the US named Jameel are alive today, with a median age of 32; half are between 21 and 44. That makes Jameel mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Jameel by state
How common Jameel was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Jameel
How popular is the name Jameel?
Jameel was the 5108th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 19 babies. Its best year was 1978, when it ranked 762nd with 123 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,788 places. More babies were named Jameel in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Jameel a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Jameel in the US.
Where is Jameel most popular?
In 2021–2025, Jameel was most common in New York (0.01 per 1,000 boys), followed by Florida and Texas.