Jameel is a distinctive choice, ranked #1402 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Jameel in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1402
About the Name Jameel
Jameel is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 674 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #753 in 2002 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Jameel is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Jameel
Unlikely. With around 19 UK babies named Jameel per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Jameel in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Jameel is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 674 places over the last five years to #1402 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Jameel is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Jameel include: Jameel Stuart — Jameel Stuart is a West Indian cricketer.; Jameel McClain — Jameel Lashawn McClain is an American former professional football linebacker who is currently the director of player engagement for the Baltimore Ravens.; Jameel Al-Yahmadi — Jameel Saleem Jameel Al-Yahmadi is an Omani professional footballer who plays for the Oman national team as a midfielder or forward..
Jameel does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Jameels in the wild.
19
UK babies named Jameel (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 674 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Jameel
Likely around 1 other Jameel in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Jameel
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Jameel Stuart is a West Indian cricketer. He made his List A debut for Combined Campuses and Colleges in the 2017–18 Regional Super50 on 30 January 2018.
Jameel Lashawn McClain is an American former professional football linebacker who is currently the director of player engagement for the Baltimore Ravens. After playing college football for Syracuse University, he was signed by the Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 2008.
Jameel Khan was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, columnist and co-foundeder of Iqra Rauzatul Atfal Trust. He also served as the central spokesman of Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat.
Jameel Jaffer is a Canadian human rights and civil liberties attorney and the inaugural director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, which was created to defend the freedoms of speech and the press in the digital age. The Institute engages in "strategic litigation, research, and public education." Among the Knight Institute's first lawsuits was a successful constitutional challenge to President Trump's practice of blocking critics from his Twitter account.
Fathulla Jameel, was a Maldivian diplomat and politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Maldives from 1978 to 2005. Jameel was the Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations from 14 April 1977 to 1978.