Jaleel
- Last seen for girls in 2000 at #11,801
- #1,976 for boys in 2025, 77 births
- Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Around 1989: Jaleel White in Family Matters (TV)
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1994 · 255 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,906since 1971
Jaleel over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Jaleel has never cracked the top 600 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,976 | 77 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,345 | 60 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,941 | 80 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,720 | 98 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,621 | 104 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,731 | 89 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,548 | 108 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,733 | 89 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,541 | 106 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,618 | 99 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,625 | 98 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,485 | 109 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,361 | 124 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,161 | 157 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,219 | 143 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,173 | 156 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,132 | 163 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,276 | 136 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,445 | 111 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,526 | 98 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,196 | 133 | |
| 2004 | — | #945 | 178 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,093 | 141 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,647 | 72 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,242 | 107 | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #998 | 148 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #916 | 162 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #818 | 183 |
| 1997 | — | #739 | 205 | |
| 1996 | — | #744 | 204 | |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #689 | 237 |
| 1994 | — | #652 | 255 | |
| 1993 | — | #840 | 158 | |
| 1992 | — | #720 | 205 | |
| 1991 | — | #877 | 144 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,373 | 29 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,615 | 8 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,162 | 11 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,779 | 18 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,401 | 13 | |
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| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
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| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,842 | 7 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,164 | 8 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,418 | 7 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,902 | 13 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,558 | 9 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,694 | 8 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,991 | 11 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,375 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1971
The first year at least five boys were named Jaleel! It came in at #4,375, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1980–1984, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Jaleel is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- North Carolina#873 · 1 in 5,719
- Georgia#919 · 1 in 5,580
- Florida#1,625 · 1 in 15,922
- California#2,471 · 1 in 35,095
Best ever in a state: #132 in Delaware, 1994.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Carolina | #873 | 9 | 1 in 5,719 |
| Georgia | #919 | 9 | 1 in 5,580 |
| Florida | #1,625 | 6 | 1 in 15,922 |
| California | #2,471 | 5 | 1 in 35,095 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 369 spots since 2024 (#2,345 → #1,976)
- 245 spots since 2020 (#1,731 → #1,976)
- Biggest jump: 1,496 spots in 1991
- Biggest drop: 251 spots in 2005
Rise & fade · boys
23 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1994 at #652 (255 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1991–2000
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,577
- Highest: 1 in 7,577 boys born in 1994 were named Jaleel (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 22,183 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 36.3% of all boys named Jaleel (1,782) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 74 | #2,902 (1975) | #4,080 |
| 1980s | 66 | #2,779 (1986) | #4,933 |
| 1990s | 1,782 | #652 (1994) | #937 |
| 2000s | 1,287 | #945 (2004) | #1,250 |
| 2010s | 1,189 | #1,161 (2012) | #1,446 |
| 2020s | 508 | #1,621 (2021) | #1,889 |
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.
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