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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202005peak #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.

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 2005

boys
#1,302
117 births · 1 in 17,071 boys

Top boys' names in 2005

  1. #1Jacob25,851
  2. #2Michael23,828
  3. #3Joshua23,261
  4. #4Matthew21,483
  5. #5Ethan21,318
  6. #6Andrew20,742
  7. #7Daniel20,236
  8. #8Anthony19,387
  9. #9Joseph19,241
  10. #10Christopher19,174
  11. #1,302Jamaal117
More about 2005

boys

1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 17,071 of them was named Jamaal, which outranked 90.3% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jamaal
  1. #1,296Karon118
  2. #1,296Milan118
  3. #1,296Shimon118
  4. #1,302Jamaal117
  5. #1,302Braedyn117
  6. #1,302Briar117
  7. #1,302Ken117
  8. #1,307Avraham116
  9. #1,307Brant116
  10. #1,307Gianluca116

Tied with 4 names at #1,302; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2004
Risers
  1. 3,722Talan#4,264#542
  2. 1,048Carmine#1,934#886
  3. 727Leland#1,335#608
  4. 528Amare#1,159#631
  5. 525Braylen#1,359#834
Fallers
  1. 817Madison#857#1,674
  2. 783Andon#865#1,648
  3. 406Kanye#486#892
  4. 379Jakobe#846#1,225
  5. 359Koda#930#1,289

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

See the top 100 for 2005