Jamaal

Where Jamaal comes from

Jamaal hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1953
    Jamaal Wilkes born
    American basketball player
  2. 1970
    First appearance
    #4,230 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1982
    Peak, #286
    715 babies named Jamaal — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1985
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #463.
  5. 1993
    Jamaal Lascelles born
    English association football player
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Jamaal Lascelles · English association football player, born 1993
  • Jamaal Wilkes · American basketball player, born 1953
  • Jamaal Magloire · Canadian basketball player, born 1978
  • Jamaal Tinsley · American basketball player, born 1978
  • Jamaal Bowman · American politician and educator, born 1976

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.