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

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Peak · boys
1982 · 715 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
8,542
since 1970

Jamaal over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jamaal has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201992peak #286, 1982boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#4,05026
2024—#3,39434
2023—#3,17738
2022—#3,53332
2021—#2,65248
2020—#3,20235
2019—#2,49153
2018—#2,84842
2017—#2,01470
2016—#2,01271
2015—#2,11266
2014—#2,20561
2013—#2,13962
2012—#1,79982
2011—#1,86675
2010—#1,72588
2009—#1,581102
2008—#1,73687
2007—#1,387118
2006—#1,316125
2005—#1,302117
2004—#1,328111
2003—#1,233117
2002—#1,098133
2001—#1,298101
2000—#1,220110
1999—#1,095122
1998—#1,105116
1997—#1,125112
1996—#955135
1995—#921144
1994—#792178
1993—#752193
1992—#684228
1991—#641255
1990#12,9585#669228
1989#10,8476#638245
1988—#581253
1987—#559264
1986—#553258
1985—#463347
1984—#411402
1983#6,7059#328578
1982#6,8889#286715
1981#10,4115#428382
1980—#382446
1979—#601203
1978#9,7505#600194
1977—#579208
1976#8,1566#532230
1975—#1,04263
1974—#3,8378
1973—#3,4459
1972—#4,9865
1971—#2,97311
1970—#4,2306
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First appearance
1970

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 1992

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedMNIllinois: #608 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 6,632 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedWIMichigan: #748 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 10,979 boysMINew York: #607 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 6,951 boysNYMassachusetts: #432 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,843 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedINOhio: #461 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 5,499 boysOHPennsylvania: #819 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 15,575 boysPANew Jersey: #388 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 3,762 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,142 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 21,871 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedWVVirginia: #418 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,824 boysVAMaryland: #389 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,541 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedARTennessee: #468 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,025 boysTNNorth Carolina: #452 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 4,220 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #211 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 936 boysDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedLAMississippi: #444 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,277 boysMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedALGeorgia: #354 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 2,709 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Jamaal, so not publishedHITexas: #806 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 10,947 boysTXFlorida: #556 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 5,470 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. District of Columbia#211 · 1 in 936
  2. Georgia#354 · 1 in 2,709
  3. New Jersey#388 · 1 in 3,762
  4. Maryland#389 · 1 in 3,541
  5. Virginia#418 · 1 in 3,824

Best ever in a state: #75 in District of Columbia, 1982.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#21181 in 936
Georgia#354181 in 2,709
New Jersey#388141 in 3,762
Maryland#38991 in 3,541
Virginia#418111 in 3,824
Massachusetts#43271 in 5,843
Mississippi#44451 in 3,277
North Carolina#452111 in 4,220
Ohio#461141 in 5,499
Tennessee#46871 in 5,025
Florida#556161 in 5,470
New York#607191 in 6,951
Illinois#608131 in 6,632
Michigan#74861 in 10,979
Texas#806141 in 10,947
Pennsylvania#81951 in 15,575
California#1,142131 in 21,871
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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
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
12 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1970
  • Peaked 1982 at #286 (715 births)
  • Births halved by 1985, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 21 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1976–1996
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,538
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 45.5% of all boys named Jamaal (3,890) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s937#532 (1976)#2,283
1980s3,890#286 (1982)#463
1990s1,711#641 (1991)#874
2000s1,121#1,098 (2002)#1,350
2010s670#1,725 (2010)#2,121
2020s213#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 1992

boys
#684
228 births · 1 in 8,761 boys

Top boys' names in 1992

  1. #1Michael54,410
  2. #2Christopher42,468
  3. #3Matthew37,733
  4. #4Joshua36,221
  5. #5Andrew30,542
  6. #6Brandon29,628
  7. #7Daniel29,157
  8. #8Tyler28,806
  9. #9James28,513
  10. #10David28,425
  11. #684Jamaal228
More about 1992

boys

1,997,409 boys got a published name in 1992; 1 in 8,761 of them was named Jamaal, which outranked 93.0% of the 9,820 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jamaal
  1. #680Myron232
  2. #682Codey230
  3. #683Javonte229
  4. #684Jamaal228
  5. #684Estevan228
  6. #686Tate227
  7. #687Jerrod226
  8. #687Nick226

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,348Dalvin#7,271 → #923
  2. ↑ 3,435Jalen#3,813 → #378
  3. ↑ 2,026Davante#2,828 → #802
  4. ↑ 1,555Davonta#2,469 → #914
  5. ↑ 1,383Juwan#2,344 → #961
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,632Unnamed#972 → #3,604
  2. ↓ 450Octavius#945 → #1,395
  3. ↓ 398Male#679 → #1,077
  4. ↓ 394Khiry#915 → #1,309
  5. ↓ 379Dijon#915 → #1,294

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1992 →