Jaleel Boy
How popular is Jaleel?
#1,976 boy name in 2025
77 baby boys were named Jaleel in the US in 2025, making it the 1976th most popular boy name.
Jaleel popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,976 for boys (▲ 369 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 77 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-21% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,625 in 2015, #1,731 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1994 (255 boys) |
| Highest rank | #651 in 1994 |
| First recorded | 1971 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jaleel counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jaleel family of names ranked #1,403 for boys in 2025 (#1,437 the year before), with 104 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jaleel | 77 | 74% |
| Jahleel | 27 | 26% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jaleel is most popular
Babies named Jaleel per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (33 boys)
- Maryland: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (22 boys)
- Virginia: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 boys)
- South Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Jaleel by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 74 | #2,900 |
| 1980s | 66 | #2,776 |
| 1990s | 1,782 | #651 |
| 2000s | 1,287 | #944 |
| 2010s | 1,189 | #1,161 |
| 2020s | 508 | #1,621 |
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Questions
- Is Jaleel a boy or girl name?
- Jaleel is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jaleel were boys.
- How popular is the name Jaleel?
- 77 baby boys were named Jaleel in the US in 2025, making it the 1976th most popular boy name.
- When was Jaleel most popular?
- Jaleel peaked in 1994, when 255 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #651 in 1994.
- How many people are named Jaleel?
- 4,930 babies have been named Jaleel in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,838 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 22.
- Where is Jaleel most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jaleel was most common in North Carolina, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.