Jamal
- Last seen for girls in 1999 at #12,688
- #1,196 for boys in 2025, 169 births
- Given to boys 99.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1993 · 1,245 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 33,235since 1946
Jamal over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Jamal has never cracked the top 200 here.
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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 | — | #1,196 | 169 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,181 | 175 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,034 | 211 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,084 | 201 | |
| 2021 | — | #868 | 267 | |
| 2020 | — | #910 | 245 | |
| 2019 | — | #859 | 258 | |
| 2018 | — | #768 | 305 | |
| 2017 | — | #761 | 308 | |
| 2016 | — | #702 | 353 | |
| 2015 | — | #739 | 330 | |
| 2014 | — | #766 | 306 | |
| 2013 | — | #751 | 303 | |
| 2012 | — | #690 | 345 | |
| 2011 | — | #673 | 351 | |
| 2010 | — | #609 | 407 | |
| 2009 | — | #613 | 410 | |
| 2008 | — | #567 | 456 | |
| 2007 | — | #532 | 483 | |
| 2006 | — | #504 | 514 | |
| 2005 | — | #463 | 553 | |
| 2004 | — | #442 | 589 | |
| 2003 | — | #398 | 655 | |
| 2002 | — | #363 | 726 | |
| 2001 | — | #346 | 786 | |
| 2000 | — | #365 | 726 | |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #335 | 798 |
| 1998 | — | #372 | 689 | |
| 1997 | — | #317 | 835 | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #282 | 988 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #266 | 1,059 |
| 1994 | — | #240 | 1,231 | |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #233 | 1,245 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #240 | 1,196 |
| 1991 | — | #249 | 1,112 | |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | #247 | 1,112 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | #239 | 1,104 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 | #237 | 1,020 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #237 | 988 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | #269 | 807 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #323 | 620 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 | #353 | 517 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #374 | 466 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 | #335 | 561 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | #343 | 523 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 | #327 | 581 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 14 | #343 | 526 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | #317 | 553 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #319 | 583 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | #320 | 552 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #357 | 469 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | #359 | 458 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #376 | 418 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | #377 | 434 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #398 | 414 |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | #477 | 284 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #479 | 255 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #788 | 88 |
| 1967 | — | #1,181 | 40 | |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | #1,237 | 37 |
| 1965 | — | #1,669 | 22 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,655 | 23 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,548 | 26 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,625 | 24 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,686 | 23 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,812 | 20 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,501 | 28 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,896 | 18 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,093 | 15 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,216 | 7 | |
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| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,373 | 6 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,329 | 6 | |
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| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
| 1946 | — | #3,173 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1946
The first year at least five boys were named Jamal! It came in at #3,173, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1947–1949, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Jamal is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | #601 | 13 | 1 in 3,092 |
| Louisiana | #672 | 6 | 1 in 3,188 |
| Ohio | #801 | 10 | 1 in 5,253 |
| Florida | #809 | 18 | 1 in 5,307 |
| Maryland | #809 | 5 | 1 in 4,579 |
| Pennsylvania | #846 | 9 | 1 in 5,807 |
| North Carolina | #1,028 | 7 | 1 in 7,353 |
| Texas | #1,217 | 17 | 1 in 10,297 |
| Illinois | #1,280 | 5 | 1 in 9,910 |
| New York | #1,297 | 8 | 1 in 10,553 |
| Georgia | #1,350 | 5 | 1 in 10,044 |
| California | #1,508 | 11 | 1 in 15,952 |
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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 Jamal
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 286 spots since 2020 (#910 → #1,196)
- Biggest jump: 393 spots in 1968
- Biggest drop: 216 spots in 2022
Rise & fade · boys
47 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 1993 at #233 (1,245 births)
- Births halved by 2004, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 54 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1968–2021
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,569
- Highest: 1 in 1,569 boys born in 1994 were named Jamal (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,107 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #233 in 1993, was only 1 in 1,575 (0.06%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 30.9% of all boys named Jamal (10,265) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 11 | #3,173 (1946) | #3,453 |
| 1950s | 91 | #1,501 (1959) | #2,818 |
| 1960s | 558 | #479 (1969) | #1,368 |
| 1970s | 4,691 | #317 (1978) | #364 |
| 1980s | 7,187 | #237 (1988) | #304 |
| 1990s | 10,265 | #233 (1993) | #278 |
| 2000s | 5,898 | #346 (2001) | #459 |
| 2010s | 3,266 | #609 (2010) | #732 |
| 2020s | 1,268 | #868 (2021) | #1,046 |
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.
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