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

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Peak · boys
1994 · 255 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,906
since 1971

Jaleel over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202003peak #652, 1994boys
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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—#1,97677
2024—#2,34560
2023—#1,94180
2022—#1,72098
2021—#1,621104
2020—#1,73189
2019—#1,548108
2018—#1,73389
2017—#1,541106
2016—#1,61899
2015—#1,62598
2014—#1,485109
2013—#1,361124
2012—#1,161157
2011—#1,219143
2010—#1,173156
2009—#1,132163
2008—#1,276136
2007—#1,445111
2006—#1,52698
2005—#1,196133
2004—#945178
2003—#1,093141
2002—#1,64772
2001—#1,242107
2000#11,8017#998148
1999#14,4115#916162
1998#14,1225#818183
1997—#739205
1996—#744204
1995#10,5147#689237
1994—#652255
1993—#840158
1992—#720205
1991—#877144
1990—#2,37329
1989—#5,6158
1988—#4,16211
1987—#6,0896
1986—#2,77918
1985—#3,40113
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1983—#6,2385
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1980—#6,2505
1979—#4,8427
1978—#5,7725
1977—#4,1648
1976—#4,4187
1975—#2,90213
1974—#3,5589
1973—#3,6948
1972—#2,99111
1971—#4,3756
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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 2003

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedMNIllinois: #758 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 7,202 boysILWisconsin: #548 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,873 boysWIMichigan: #800 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 8,098 boysMINew York: #939 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 10,151 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #989 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 12,842 boysPANew Jersey: #603 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 5,372 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,808 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 35,862 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedWVVirginia: #662 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,923 boysVAMaryland: #574 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,861 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #818 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,483 boysNCSouth Carolina: #387 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,286 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedLAMississippi: #521 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,995 boysMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,100 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 11,429 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Jaleel, so not publishedHITexas: #1,904 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 35,338 boysTXFlorida: #725 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 6,675 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Carolina#387 · 1 in 2,286
  2. Mississippi#521 · 1 in 2,995
  3. Wisconsin#548 · 1 in 4,873
  4. Maryland#574 · 1 in 4,861
  5. New Jersey#603 · 1 in 5,372

Best ever in a state: #132 in Delaware, 1994.

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StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#38791 in 2,286
Mississippi#52151 in 2,995
Wisconsin#54861 in 4,873
Maryland#57461 in 4,861
New Jersey#60391 in 5,372
Virginia#66271 in 5,923
Florida#725141 in 6,675
Illinois#758111 in 7,202
Michigan#80071 in 8,098
North Carolina#81861 in 8,483
New York#939111 in 10,151
Pennsylvania#98951 in 12,842
Georgia#1,10051 in 11,429
California#1,80871 in 35,862
Texas#1,90451 in 35,338
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See more about Jaleel
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s74#2,902 (1975)#4,080
1980s66#2,779 (1986)#4,933
1990s1,782#652 (1994)#937
2000s1,287#945 (2004)#1,250
2010s1,189#1,161 (2012)#1,446
2020s508#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 2003

boys
#1,093
141 births · 1 in 14,010 boys

Top boys' names in 2003

  1. #1Jacob29,658
  2. #2Michael27,129
  3. #3Joshua25,106
  4. #4Matthew24,011
  5. #5Andrew22,162
  6. #6Joseph21,394
  7. #7Ethan21,362
  8. #8Daniel21,072
  9. #9Christopher20,753
  10. #10Anthony20,149
  11. #1,093Jaleel141
More about 2003

boys

1,975,349 boys got a published name in 2003; 1 in 14,010 of them was named Jaleel, which outranked 91.4% of the 12,761 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jaleel
  1. #1,090Finnegan142
  2. #1,090Francesco142
  3. #1,090Kael142
  4. #1,093Jaleel141
  5. #1,093Aydin141
  6. #1,093Malaki141
  7. #1,093Rickey141
  8. #1,098Clint140
  9. #1,098Dhruv140
  10. #1,098Jaquez140

Tied with 4 names at #1,093; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2002
Risers
  1. ↑ 790Maddox#1,372 → #582
  2. ↑ 762Jahir#1,571 → #809
  3. ↑ 519Yair#1,236 → #717
  4. ↑ 450Jamarion#1,094 → #644
  5. ↑ 413Aydan#1,154 → #741
Fallers
  1. ↓ 819Lisandro#898 → #1,717
  2. ↓ 621Shemar#970 → #1,591
  3. ↓ 362Jaheem#891 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 337Keandre#998 → #1,335
  5. ↓ 334Savion#568 → #902

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

See the top 100 for 2003 →