Jamil

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Primarily a boy's name · 97% boys

Origin: German

Meaning

Jamil is an Arabic given name. It means "handsome" or "beautiful" in Arabic. The Latin spelling variants include Gamil, Cemil, Djemil or Djamel, Djamil, Jameel and Yamil. The feminine equivalent is Jamila or Jamilah.

From Wikipedia

Jamil first appears in the data in 1931 and has been recorded in 71 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1991 with 214 babies (rank #691 that year). In 2024 it was given to 58 boys (rank #2,400). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Jamil

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Jamil yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

7,686
Total babies (all years)
71
Years in the data
214
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19315#4,039
19485#3,916
19557#3,329
19576#3,749
19586#3,713
19595#4,262
19607#3,486
196110#2,791
196210#2,750
196311#2,602
196418#1,935
196523#1,645
196617#1,922
196717#1,942
196828#1,490
196921#1,831
197049#1,185
197146#1,222
197250#1,159
197355#1,097
197485#874
197593#864
1976140#704
1977147#703
1978157#670
1979153#691
1980158#691
1981139#737
1982150#712
1983143#724
1984117#809
1985142#747
1986151#739
1987157#729
1988141#800
1989169#763
1990189#743
1991214#691
1992193#744
1993174#801
1994199#744
1995161#855
1996159#869
1997151#907
1998146#954
1999149#970
2000193#832
2001186#864
2002171#943
2003164#978
2004164#1,009
2005157#1,056
2006141#1,190
2007169#1,083
2008164#1,118
2009156#1,161
2010143#1,235
2011134#1,282
2012106#1,519
201389#1,679
2014108#1,496
2015110#1,506
201691#1,711
201795#1,667
201892#1,708
201986#1,798
202064#2,177
202174#2,011
202269#2,143
202375#2,018
202458#2,400