boys:
2.4k births since 1986
#2600 (43rd percentile)
overall:
2.4k births since 1986
#5451 (30th percentile)
The name Jahlil is the #5,451 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,369 recorded births since 1986. This represents the 29.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 29.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,600 (43.3% percentile) for all time with 2,369 births since 1986.
Jahlil first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1986 (first recorded for boys in 1986).
For boys, Jahlil reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 11.6% percentile (ranked #814) with 55 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 55 births per million (ranked 11.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Jahlil ranks #851 for boys (6.6% percentile) with 35 births per million, which is 64.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jahlil".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Jahlil", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 11 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Jaleel" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Jaleel..
Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Jahlil. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 48.6% confident that Jahlil is pronounced as juh-LEEL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is juh-LIHL, at 21.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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