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 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- South Carolina#312 · 1 in 2,340
- New Jersey#328 · 1 in 3,265
- Virginia#336 · 1 in 3,327
- Maryland#338 · 1 in 3,777
- Mississippi#342 · 1 in 2,704
Best ever in a state: #75 in District of Columbia, 1982.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #312 | 9 | 1 in 2,340 |
| New Jersey | #328 | 13 | 1 in 3,265 |
| Virginia | #336 | 10 | 1 in 3,327 |
| Maryland | #338 | 6 | 1 in 3,777 |
| Mississippi | #342 | 7 | 1 in 2,704 |
| Pennsylvania | #368 | 13 | 1 in 5,851 |
| New York | #410 | 25 | 1 in 4,441 |
| Indiana | #461 | 6 | 1 in 6,844 |
| Illinois | #475 | 15 | 1 in 5,583 |
| Florida | #514 | 10 | 1 in 5,474 |
| California | #548 | 26 | 1 in 6,913 |
| Ohio | #570 | 7 | 1 in 11,485 |
| Georgia | #606 | 5 | 1 in 7,857 |
| Louisiana | #627 | 5 | 1 in 6,979 |
| Texas | #975 | 7 | 1 in 17,617 |
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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 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 8,480 of them was named Jamaal, which outranked 91.5% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).