# Jibril (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jibril/  
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 | Djibril |
| US babies named this | 1,392 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,392 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 466, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جِبْرِيل (jibrīl). Doublet of Gabriel.

## 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 | 51 | 2,457 |
| 2012 | 43 | 2,797 |
| 2013 | 45 | 2,642 |
| 2014 | 57 | 2,310 |
| 2015 | 45 | 2,701 |
| 2016 | 61 | 2,219 |
| 2017 | 35 | 3,279 |
| 2018 | 34 | 3,332 |
| 2019 | 41 | 2,964 |
| 2020 | 44 | 2,782 |
| 2021 | 50 | 2,605 |
| 2022 | 47 | 2,773 |
| 2023 | 61 | 2,300 |
| 2024 | 57 | 2,432 |
| 2025 | 46 | 2,780 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 1,124 |
| 2012 | 21 | 1,229 |
| 2013 | 21 | 1,183 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,421 |
| 2015 | 19 | 1,327 |
| 2016 | 24 | 1,157 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,546 |
| 2018 | 12 | 1,875 |
| 2019 | 21 | 1,217 |
| 2020 | 23 | 1,150 |
| 2021 | 16 | 1,516 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,534 |
| 2023 | 30 | 987 |
| 2024 | 31 | 981 |
| 2025 | 21 | 1,307 |

## 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.