girls:
24 births since 1995
#5692 (0th percentile)
boys:
4.8k births since 1971
#1742 (62nd percentile)
overall:
4.8k births since 1971
#3940 (49th percentile)
The name Jaleel is the #3,940 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,792 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 49.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 49.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,742 (62.0% percentile) for all time with 4,768 births since 1971. For girls, it ranks #5,692 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 24 births since 1995.
Jaleel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (1971 for boys and 1995 for girls). Birth data for Jaleel is available in 50 out of the 53 years between 1971 and 2023 (50 years for boys and 4 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Jaleel has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.5% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Jaleel reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 30.2% percentile (ranked #542) with 125 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 125 births per million (ranked 30.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Jaleel ranks #836 for boys (8.2% percentile) with 44 births per million, which is 34.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Jaleel reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #847) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2000.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jaleel".
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