Jamil

Last seen for girls in 2006 at #17,168 · #2,676 for boys in 2025, 48 births
Given to boys 96.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1978 · 157 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
7,481
since 1931

Jamil over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jamil has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #669, 1978boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,67648
2024#2,39358
2023#2,01475
2022#2,13669
2021#2,00074
2020#2,16764
2019#1,79086
2018#1,70792
2017#1,66195
2016#1,70691
2015#1,502110
2014#1,492108
2013#1,67589
2012#1,514106
2011#1,279134
2010#1,232143
2009#1,160156
2008#1,115164
2007#1,083169
2006#17,1685#1,190141
2005#1,053157
2004#1,007164
2003#975164
2002#15,4325#939171
2001#13,5216#863186
2000#13,1546#829193
1999#9,4799#966149
1998#12,4266#953146
1997#12,0706#906151
1996#11,8076#868159
1995#10,5147#853161
1994#11,7786#742199
1993#8,7199#801174
1992#8,06510#744193
1991#9,3368#691214
1990#8,5019#741189
1989#6,95511#758169
1988#8,3918#798141
1987#9,8256#729157
1986#9,5456#738151
1985#746142
1984#9,1446#808117
1983#3,80620#721143
1982#7,4698#712150
1981#7,4098#735139
1980#6,31910#690158
1979#5,75111#691153
1978#6,3859#669157
1977#5,53211#701147
1976#6,0489#700140
1975#5,51610#86193
1974#86785
1973#1,09355
1972#6,5587#1,14950
1971#1,21446
1970#7,9955#1,17849
1969#1,81021
1968#6,2466#1,47828
1967#6,8045#1,90617
1966#1,89117
1965#1,62523
1964#1,90018
1963#2,53911
1962#2,67310
1961#2,70610
1960#3,3377
1959#3,9885
1958#3,5596
1957#3,5526
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First appearance
1931

The first year at least five boys were named Jamil! It came in at #3,763, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1931–1954, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 283 spots since 2024 (#2,393#2,676)
  • 509 spots since 2020 (#2,167#2,676)
  • 1,174 spots since 2015 (#1,502#2,676)
  • Biggest jump: 226 spots in 1974 (#1,093#867)
  • Biggest drop: 111 spots in 1995 (#742#853)
Rise & fade · boys
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1931
  • Peaked 1978 at #669 (157 births)
  • Births halved by 2020, 42 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 30 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1974–2003
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,441
  • Highest: 1 in 9,441 boys born in 1991 were named Jamil (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 35,585 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #669 in 1978, was only 1 in 10,458 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 23.2% of all boys named Jamil (1,735) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s5#3,763 (1931)#3,763
1940s5#3,668 (1948)#3,668
1950s25#2,964 (1955)#3,516
1960s162#1,478 (1968)#2,187
1970s975#669 (1978)#912
1980s1,467#690 (1980)#744
1990s1,735#691 (1991)#827
2000s1,665#829 (2000)#1,021
2010s1,054#1,232 (2010)#1,556
2020s388#2,000 (2021)#2,231

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Jamil in 1990

girls
#8,501
9 births · 1 in 210,950 girls
boys
#741
189 births · 1 in 10,868 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #8,501Jamil9

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #741Jamil189
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 210,950 of them was named Jamil, which outranked 44.2% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jamil
  1. #7,880Zenovia10
  2. #7,880Zinnia10
  3. #7,880Zofia10
  4. #8,501Jamil9
  5. #8,501Aarti9
  6. #8,501Abbagail9
  7. #8,501Abilene9
  8. #9,247Abelina8
  9. #9,247Abir8
  10. #9,247Adaeze8

Tied with 745 names at #8,501; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 5,592Alannah#6,531#939
  2. 1,178Symone#1,998#820
  3. 869Shelbi#1,750#881
  4. 831Latifah#1,532#701
  5. 828Skyler#1,564#736
Fallers
  1. 2,554Elizabet#524#3,078
  2. 1,572Katherin#717#2,289
  3. 652Stephani#390#1,042
  4. 504Ashanti#893#1,397
  5. 416Audrianna#759#1,175

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 10,868 of them was named Jamil, which outranked 92.2% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jamil
  1. #738Unknown192
  2. #739Ron191
  3. #740Duncan190
  4. #741Jamil189
  5. #741Cristopher189
  6. #741Hans189
  7. #744Arsenio188
  8. #745Brandan186
  9. #745Dandre186

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 3,636Tevin#4,017#381
  2. 3,283Keenen#4,271#988
  3. 1,325Male#2,027#702
  4. 1,032Denzel#1,476#444
  5. 598Kevon#1,476#878
Fallers
  1. 1,130Kiara#956#2,086
  2. 916Rachel#993#1,909
  3. 855Nicole#985#1,840
  4. 746Tiffany#956#1,702
  5. 681Sarah#819#1,500

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1990