Given name & surname
Jaleel
“a majestic man”
Jaleel is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “a majestic man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a majestic man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jaleel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,930
- 4,906 boys · 24 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 255 babies
- 2025
- 77
- #1,983 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −15%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 77 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,983 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 14.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 255 in 1994. In 2025, Georgia and North Carolina shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (9 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,482 as a first name in 2020; 276 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jaleel’s family of names
Jaleel has a related form in Jalil. Jaleel has a related form in Jaleal. Jaleel has a related form in Jaliel.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jaleel
- Jaleel WhiteAmerican actor (born 1976)
- Jaleel ShawAmerican musicianborn 1978
- Jaleel RobertsAmerican basketball playerborn 1992
- Jaleel KhanIndian politicianborn 1954
- Jaleel CousinsAmerican basketball player (1993-)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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