Jaleel

Where Jaleel comes from

Jaleel hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1971
    First appearance
    #4,375 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1976
    Jaleel White born
    American actor
  3. 1978
    Jaleel Shaw born
    American musician
  4. 1994
    Peak, #652
    255 babies named Jaleel — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2001
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,242.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Jaleel White · American actor, born 1976
  • Jaleel Shaw · American musician, born 1978
  • Jaleel Roberts · American basketball player, born 1992
  • Jaleel Khan · Indian politician, born 1954
  • Jaleel Cousins · American basketball player, born 1993

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.