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
- Peak · boys
- 1978 · 157 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,481since 1931
Jamil over time
Rank among boys' names. Jamil 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 | — | #2,676 | 48 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,393 | 58 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,014 | 75 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,136 | 69 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,000 | 74 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,167 | 64 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,790 | 86 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,707 | 92 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,661 | 95 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,706 | 91 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,502 | 110 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,492 | 108 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,675 | 89 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,514 | 106 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,279 | 134 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,232 | 143 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,160 | 156 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,115 | 164 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,083 | 169 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #1,190 | 141 |
| 2005 | — | #1,053 | 157 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,007 | 164 | |
| 2003 | — | #975 | 164 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #939 | 171 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #863 | 186 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #829 | 193 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #966 | 149 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #953 | 146 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #906 | 151 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #868 | 159 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #853 | 161 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #742 | 199 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #801 | 174 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #744 | 193 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | #691 | 214 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #741 | 189 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | #758 | 169 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #798 | 141 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #729 | 157 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #738 | 151 |
| 1985 | — | #746 | 142 | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #808 | 117 |
| 1983 | #3,806 | 20 | #721 | 143 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #712 | 150 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | #735 | 139 |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | #690 | 158 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | #691 | 153 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | #669 | 157 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | #701 | 147 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | #700 | 140 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #861 | 93 |
| 1974 | — | #867 | 85 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,093 | 55 | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | #1,149 | 50 |
| 1971 | — | #1,214 | 46 | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #1,178 | 49 |
| 1969 | — | #1,810 | 21 | |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #1,478 | 28 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | #1,906 | 17 |
| 1966 | — | #1,891 | 17 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,625 | 23 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,900 | 18 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,539 | 11 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,706 | 10 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,337 | 7 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
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| 1955 | — | #2,964 | 8 | |
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| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
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| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
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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.
Where Jamil is popular in 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#244 · 1 in 1,979
- Pennsylvania#445 · 1 in 6,593
- Florida#563 · 1 in 6,497
- New York#580 · 1 in 7,629
- Georgia#632 · 1 in 7,783
Best ever in a state: #157 in Delaware, 1990.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #244 | 26 | 1 in 1,979 |
| Pennsylvania | #445 | 12 | 1 in 6,593 |
| Florida | #563 | 13 | 1 in 6,497 |
| New York | #580 | 17 | 1 in 7,629 |
| Georgia | #632 | 6 | 1 in 7,783 |
| California | #982 | 14 | 1 in 18,017 |
| Texas | #1,209 | 6 | 1 in 24,018 |
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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 Jamil
- 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)
- Debuted 1931
- Peaked 1978 at #669 (157 births)
- Births halved by 2020, 42 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1974–2003
- 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
- 23.2% of all boys named Jamil (1,735) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | #3,763 (1931) | #3,763 |
| 1940s | 5 | #3,668 (1948) | #3,668 |
| 1950s | 25 | #2,964 (1955) | #3,516 |
| 1960s | 162 | #1,478 (1968) | #2,187 |
| 1970s | 975 | #669 (1978) | #912 |
| 1980s | 1,467 | #690 (1980) | #744 |
| 1990s | 1,735 | #691 (1991) | #827 |
| 2000s | 1,665 | #829 (2000) | #1,021 |
| 2010s | 1,054 | #1,232 (2010) | #1,556 |
| 2020s | 388 | #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 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 222,607 of them was named Jamil, which outranked 39.6% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,691Zasha9
- #7,691Zohra9
- #7,691Zondra9
- #8,391Jamil8
- #8,391Aarin8
- #8,391Aarti8
- #8,391Abriel8
- #9,244Abbagail7
- #9,244Abbigale7
- #9,244Abimbola7
Tied with 852 names at #8,391; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 13,576 of them was named Jamil, which outranked 90.6% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).