# Djibril (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/djibril/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Jibril |
| US babies named this | 306 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 306 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 36, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جِبْرِيل (jibrīl).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 5,744 |
| 2012 | 10 | 7,690 |
| 2013 | 16 | 5,454 |
| 2014 | 13 | 6,388 |
| 2015 | 6 | 11,031 |
| 2016 | 16 | 5,616 |
| 2017 | 14 | 6,118 |
| 2018 | 8 | 9,048 |
| 2019 | 11 | 7,285 |
| 2020 | 12 | 6,734 |
| 2021 | 9 | 8,348 |
| 2022 | 7 | 10,074 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9,138 |
| 2024 | 11 | 7,374 |
| 2025 | 13 | 6,552 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2006 | 5 | 2,870 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |

## People named Djibril

- Djibril Cissé, French footballer (born 1981)
- Djibril Sidibé, French footballer (born 1992)
- Djibril Ouattara, association football player
- Djibril Bassolé, Burkinabé politician
- Djibril Diani, French footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.