Jaleel — #2343 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jaleel

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,829 babies named Jaleel between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jaleel currently holds the #2343 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 255 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaleel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,782 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jaleel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 435 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Jaleel in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jaleel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,829 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.