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 | ||
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| 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 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- North Carolina#332 · 1 in 3,194
- Oklahoma#406 · 1 in 4,156
- Virginia#559 · 1 in 7,885
- Florida#662 · 1 in 8,836
- Illinois#799 · 1 in 13,617
Best ever in a state: #332 in North Carolina, 1987.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | #332 | 13 | 1 in 3,194 |
| Oklahoma | #406 | 5 | 1 in 4,156 |
| Virginia | #559 | 5 | 1 in 7,885 |
| Florida | #662 | 9 | 1 in 8,836 |
| Illinois | #799 | 6 | 1 in 13,617 |
| California | #1,078 | 11 | 1 in 21,705 |
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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 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 91,507 of them was named Jamelle, which outranked 67.7% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,122Vy20
- #4,122Walter20
- #4,122Zina20
- #4,283Jamelle19
- #4,283Abbe19
- #4,283Albert19
- #4,283Aleida19
- #4,474Aaren18
- #4,474Aeriel18
- #4,474Aleia18
Tied with 190 names at #4,283; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 20,977 of them was named Jamelle, which outranked 87.7% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #996Rodger91
- #1,002Ernie90
- #1,002Vince90
- #1,004Jamelle89
- #1,004Alain89
- #1,004Codey89
- #1,004Emil89
- #1,009Asher88
- #1,009Brittany88
- #1,009Elisha88
Tied with 4 names at #1,004; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.