girls:
5 births since 2001
#5711 (0th percentile)
boys:
2.9k births since 1974
#2354 (49th percentile)
overall:
2.9k births since 1974
#5054 (35th percentile)
The name Jalil is the #5,054 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,859 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 34.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 34.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,354 (48.6% percentile) for all time with 2,854 births since 1974. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2001.
Jalil first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (1974 for boys and 2001 for girls). Birth data for Jalil is available in 48 out of the 50 years between 1974 and 2023 (48 years for boys and 1 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 Jalil has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.8% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Jalil reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 13.3% percentile (ranked #706) with 54 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 54 births per million (ranked 13.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Jalil ranks #881 for boys (3.3% percentile) with 19 births per million, which is 35.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Jalil reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #898) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2001.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jalil".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Jalil. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.8% confident that Jalil is pronounced as juh-LEEL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is juh-LIHL, at 26.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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