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How popular is the name Jamil?

Births per year, rank history and how many Jamils are alive today.

Jamil (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1897th in 2025 and given to 13 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2004, when 46 babies were given the name, the 555th most popular that year. It has declined since 2004; the 2025 figure is roughly 28% of its peak. Jamil is one spelling of a name also recorded as Jamel; the combined figures below cover every spelling.

Across all spellings of the name, the Jamil you are most likely to meet is around 22 years old. Half of all Jamils born in England and Wales are between 16 and 31, and there are at least 1,100 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Jamil - on average, only one in every 276 such rooms contains a Jamil.

How many babies are named Jamil each year?

Includes all spellings: Jamil, Jamel. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

02040200020201996: 431997: 411998: 321999: 372000: 372001: 472002: 392003: 492004: 532005: 512006: 382007: 292008: 322009: 322010: 462011: 352012: 282013: 272014: 232015: 292016: 192017: 112018: 132019: 142020: 112021: 132022: 212023: 92024: 92025: 13actual

Where does the Jamil spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 5641997: ranked 7251998: ranked 6891999: ranked 6392000: ranked 7102001: ranked 5762002: ranked 6562003: ranked 5992004: ranked 5552005: ranked 7262006: ranked 8142007: ranked 1,1692008: ranked 1,0852009: ranked 1,0332010: ranked 7582011: ranked 9292012: ranked 1,1522013: ranked 1,2472014: ranked 1,2812015: ranked 1,1592016: ranked 1,6272017: ranked 2,7342018: ranked 2,1122019: ranked 1,6552020: ranked 1,9352021: ranked 1,7822022: ranked 1,4692023: ranked 2,3262024: ranked 2,4442025: ranked 1,897

Where does the Jamel spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 1,0401997: ranked 8091998: ranked 1,4851999: ranked 1,2812000: ranked 1,1672001: ranked 1,0782002: ranked 1,5192003: ranked 1,3262004: ranked 2,0702005: ranked 1,1902006: ranked 2,2822007: ranked 2,0232008: ranked 2,0972009: ranked 2,5442010: ranked 2,6292011: ranked 3,8302012: ranked 3,4162013: ranked 2,6602014: ranked 4,6322015: ranked 3,0042016: ranked 4,0232017: ranked 3,9962018: ranked 4,7492022: ranked 4,002

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Jamil per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 53 in 2004
Jamil: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Jamil most popular?

Jamil peaked in 2004, when 53 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.

How many people are called Jamil?

At least 1,100 people named Jamil in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Jamil?

Most living Jamils are between 16 and 31; the most common age is about 22.

Is Jamil becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2004 peak.






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