How rare is the name Jamil?

7,428 people in the United States have the first name Jamil, about 1 in 40,661. It ranks #3,013 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

JAMIL

#3,013

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,428
About
1 in 40,661
This common or more
81.4%
Who bears it

Of the 7,428 people named Jamil, 49.4% reported their origin as Black, 20.8% as White and 14.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 96.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jamil peaked in 1991, when 222 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19312025
Peak year
1991
Births that year
222
In 2025*
48 ▼78%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 7,735 babies have been given the name since 1931. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Jamil by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,688. The largest share of babies named Jamil, 35.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1930s#11,9535
1940s#12,5745
1950s#10,13425
1960s#4,752173
1970s#1,9141,037
1980s#1,6881,550
1990s#1,8071,811
2000s#2,3081,687
2010s#3,4371,054
2020s#4,712388
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–641.1%
Generation X 1965–8017.1%
Millennials 1981–9635.2%
Generation Z 1997–1232.8%
2013 and later13.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Jamil is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jamil has been most common in New Jersey (4.9×), Pennsylvania (2.2×), and Florida (2.2×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.51×).

5,264 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Jamil

1 other first name also has 7,428 people.

#3,013 Ping · 7,428

Either side of Jamil

#3,011 Malakai · 7,435#3,012 Mac · 7,431#3,013 Ping · 7,428#3,015 Raj · 7,427

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jamil, most common first.

#1,256 Jamal · 29,768#2,727 Jamel · 8,587#2,728 Jamila · 8,585#15,541 Jamiel · 739#15,735 Jamile · 727#26,868 Jamill · 344#30,611 Jamail · 284#34,440 Jahmil · 237

Also a last name

As a last name, Jamil ranks #11,963 of 156,621, with 2,497 people. See Jamil as a last name

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