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
- 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
Rank among boys' names. Jaleel has never cracked the top 600 here.
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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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 2000
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#327 · 1 in 1,900
- North Carolina#532 · 1 in 4,311
- New Jersey#540 · 1 in 4,793
- Pennsylvania#572 · 1 in 5,977
- New York#619 · 1 in 5,728
Best ever in a state: #132 in Delaware, 1994.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| South Carolina | #327 | 11 | 1 in 1,900 |
| North Carolina | #532 | 12 | 1 in 4,311 |
| New Jersey | #540 | 10 | 1 in 4,793 |
| Pennsylvania | #572 | 11 | 1 in 5,977 |
| New York | #619 | 20 | 1 in 5,728 |
| Florida | #706 | 13 | 1 in 6,869 |
| Georgia | #724 | 9 | 1 in 6,156 |
| Louisiana | #738 | 5 | 1 in 5,449 |
| Texas | #1,470 | 7 | 1 in 24,489 |
| California | #1,712 | 7 | 1 in 35,411 |
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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.
See more about Jaleel
- 369 spots since 2024 (#2,345 → #1,976)
- 245 spots since 2020 (#1,731 → #1,976)
- 351 spots since 2015 (#1,625 → #1,976)
- Biggest jump: 1,496 spots in 1991 (#2,373 → #877)
- Biggest drop: 251 spots in 2005 (#945 → #1,196)
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1994 at #652 (255 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1991–2000
- 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%)
- 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.
Jaleel in 2000
Top girls' names in 2000
Top boys' names in 2000
More about 2000
girls
1,816,036 girls got a published name in 2000; 1 in 259,434 of them was named Jaleel, which outranked 33.2% of the 17,660 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #10,745Zierra8
- #10,745Zikia8
- #10,745Zyan8
- #11,801Jaleel7
- #11,801Aakilah7
- #11,801Aaleigha7
- #11,801Aalliyah7
- #13,154Aaisha6
- #13,154Aaniya6
- #13,154Aarica6
Tied with 1,352 names at #11,801; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,964,001 boys got a published name in 2000; 1 in 13,270 of them was named Jaleel, which outranked 91.8% of the 12,119 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #993Kylan149
- #993Treyvon149
- #993Vincenzo149
- #998Jaleel148
- #998Dayne148
- #998Francesco148
- #998Isaak148
- #1,004Giovani147
- #1,004Tavian147
- #1,006Alexandre146
Tied with 5 names at #998; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.