Jamelle
Last seen for girls in 1995 at #11,783 · #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
Given to boys 68.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1987 · 89 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 816since 1972
Jamelle over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #10,799 | 6 | |
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #8,154 | 9 | |
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | #9,664 | 7 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,744 | 8 | |
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,026 | 11 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,626 | 12 | |
| 2011 | — | #6,256 | 13 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,698 | 12 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,095 | 14 | |
| 2008 | — | #7,187 | 11 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,094 | 11 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,094 | 13 | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | #8,927 | 7 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | #7,536 | 8 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,839 | 9 | |
| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
| 1998 | — | #8,479 | 6 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,100 | 9 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,136 | 7 | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | — | #3,596 | 18 | |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #4,447 | 13 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #2,412 | 30 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #2,544 | 27 |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #2,308 | 30 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #2,068 | 34 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #1,013 | 93 |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 | #1,004 | 89 |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 | #1,088 | 74 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | #2,357 | 22 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 | #2,956 | 15 |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | #1,929 | 28 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | #2,729 | 17 |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 | #3,018 | 14 |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 | #3,070 | 13 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #3,404 | 20 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #4,300 | 13 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,577 | 17 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
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| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | — | |
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| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | — | |
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| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | — | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 | — | |
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| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 | — | |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | — | |
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| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | — | |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Jamelle! It came in at #4,986, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2005, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Jamelle is popular in 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Oklahoma#344 · 1 in 3,212
- Louisiana#512 · 1 in 4,864
- Florida#726 · 1 in 10,917
- New York#1,180 · 1 in 24,439
- California#1,300 · 1 in 28,537
Best ever in a state: #332 in North Carolina, 1987.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #344 | 7 | 1 in 3,212 |
| Louisiana | #512 | 7 | 1 in 4,864 |
| Florida | #726 | 7 | 1 in 10,917 |
| New York | #1,180 | 5 | 1 in 24,439 |
| California | #1,300 | 8 | 1 in 28,537 |
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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 Jamelle
- 1,224 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #9,714)
- 160 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #9,714)
- 970 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #9,714)
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 1987 at #1,004 (89 births)
- Births halved by 1989, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 20,584 boys born in 1988 were named Jamelle (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,004 in 1987, was only 1 in 20,977 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 48.7% of all boys named Jamelle (397) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1981, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 67 | #3,018 (1979) | #4,101 |
| 1980s | 397 | #1,004 (1987) | #2,191 |
| 1990s | 154 | #2,308 (1990) | #5,213 |
| 2000s | 90 | #6,094 (2006) | #7,184 |
| 2010s | 82 | #6,256 (2011) | #8,614 |
| 2020s | 26 | #9,554 (2020) | #10,251 |
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.
Jamelle in 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 131,965 of them was named Jamelle, which outranked 57.5% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,188Yuki14
- #5,188Zana14
- #5,188Zarah14
- #5,459Jamelle13
- #5,459Adara13
- #5,459Addy13
- #5,459Akela13
- #5,757Adreanna12
- #5,757Adrena12
- #5,757Adrienna12
Tied with 297 names at #5,459; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 24,885 of them was named Jamelle, which outranked 86.1% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,075Rey75
- #1,075Tim75
- #1,075Yosef75
- #1,088Jamelle74
- #1,088Antwain74
- #1,088Brandy74
- #1,088Misael74
- #1,094Jefferey73
- #1,094Kelley73
- #1,094Leopoldo73
Tied with 5 names at #1,088; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.