Jamaal
Last seen for girls in 1990 at #12,958 · #4,050 for boys in 2025, 26 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1982 · 715 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,542since 1970
Jamaal over time
Rank among boys' names. Jamaal has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,050 | 26 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,394 | 34 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,177 | 38 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,533 | 32 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,652 | 48 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,202 | 35 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,491 | 53 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,848 | 42 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,014 | 70 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,012 | 71 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,112 | 66 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,205 | 61 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,139 | 62 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,799 | 82 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,866 | 75 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,725 | 88 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,581 | 102 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,736 | 87 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,387 | 118 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,316 | 125 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,302 | 117 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,328 | 111 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,233 | 117 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,098 | 133 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,298 | 101 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,220 | 110 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,095 | 122 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,105 | 116 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,125 | 112 | |
| 1996 | — | #955 | 135 | |
| 1995 | — | #921 | 144 | |
| 1994 | — | #792 | 178 | |
| 1993 | — | #752 | 193 | |
| 1992 | — | #684 | 228 | |
| 1991 | — | #641 | 255 | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #669 | 228 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #638 | 245 |
| 1988 | — | #581 | 253 | |
| 1987 | — | #559 | 264 | |
| 1986 | — | #553 | 258 | |
| 1985 | — | #463 | 347 | |
| 1984 | — | #411 | 402 | |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | #328 | 578 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | #286 | 715 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #428 | 382 |
| 1980 | — | #382 | 446 | |
| 1979 | — | #601 | 203 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #600 | 194 |
| 1977 | — | #579 | 208 | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #532 | 230 |
| 1975 | — | #1,042 | 63 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,445 | 9 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,973 | 11 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Jamaal! It came in at #4,230, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1972, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Jamaal is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#249 · 1 in 1,534
- New Jersey#287 · 1 in 2,587
- Arkansas#305 · 1 in 2,948
- North Carolina#332 · 1 in 3,097
- Georgia#378 · 1 in 3,433
Best ever in a state: #75 in District of Columbia, 1982.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #249 | 5 | 1 in 1,534 |
| New Jersey | #287 | 16 | 1 in 2,587 |
| Arkansas | #305 | 5 | 1 in 2,948 |
| North Carolina | #332 | 12 | 1 in 3,097 |
| Georgia | #378 | 11 | 1 in 3,433 |
| Virginia | #387 | 7 | 1 in 4,574 |
| Mississippi | #408 | 5 | 1 in 3,692 |
| New York | #484 | 19 | 1 in 5,803 |
| Michigan | #501 | 8 | 1 in 8,031 |
| Louisiana | #504 | 7 | 1 in 4,721 |
| Ohio | #530 | 8 | 1 in 9,634 |
| California | #544 | 25 | 1 in 6,757 |
| Florida | #554 | 8 | 1 in 6,376 |
| Pennsylvania | #651 | 5 | 1 in 14,673 |
| Illinois | #707 | 7 | 1 in 11,341 |
| Texas | #770 | 10 | 1 in 11,512 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jamaal
- 656 spots since 2024 (#3,394 → #4,050)
- 848 spots since 2020 (#3,202 → #4,050)
- 1,938 spots since 2015 (#2,112 → #4,050)
- Biggest jump: 510 spots in 1976 (#1,042 → #532)
- Biggest drop: 170 spots in 1997 (#955 → #1,125)
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 1982 at #286 (715 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1976–1996
- Highest: 1 in 2,538 boys born in 1982 were named Jamaal (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 65,695 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 45.5% of all boys named Jamaal (3,890) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 937 | #532 (1976) | #2,283 |
| 1980s | 3,890 | #286 (1982) | #463 |
| 1990s | 1,711 | #641 (1991) | #874 |
| 2000s | 1,121 | #1,098 (2002) | #1,350 |
| 2010s | 670 | #1,725 (2010) | #2,121 |
| 2020s | 213 | #2,652 (2021) | #3,335 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jamaal in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 306,372 of them was named Jamaal, which outranked 15.0% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,725 names at #9,750; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 8,463 of them was named Jamaal, which outranked 91.1% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.