Jameel

Last seen for girls in 1991 at #11,509 · #5,045 for boys in 2025, 19 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
1978 · 123 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,040
since 1968

Jameel over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jameel has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #760, 1978boys
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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#5,04519
2024#4,89020
2023#3,47433
2022#3,46433
2021#3,91227
2020#4,42622
2019#2,99340
2018#3,60730
2017#2,56649
2016#2,88541
2015#3,29934
2014#3,03837
2013#3,12235
2012#3,62529
2011#2,85241
2010#3,53130
2009#2,70245
2008#2,68446
2007#2,56448
2006#2,06264
2005#2,03561
2004#2,02459
2003#1,98758
2002#1,94357
2001#1,65970
2000#1,68168
1999#1,77856
1998#1,76857
1997#1,67259
1996#1,42173
1995#1,27584
1994#1,25486
1993#1,15594
1992#1,094101
1991#11,5096#1,16290
1990#1,40963
1989#1,55052
1988#1,61844
1987#1,68440
1986#1,51144
1985#1,14766
1984#1,13464
1983#1,06769
1982#1,00681
1981#94790
1980#836111
1979#10,2105#805117
1978#760123
1977#7,5677#778120
1976#96974
1975#2,13421
1974#3,31810
1973#2,12419
1972#3,15210
1971#3,3709
1970#2,73912
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First appearance
1968

The first year at least five boys were named Jameel! It came in at #4,136, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1968–1969, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Jameel
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 155 spots since 2024 (#4,890#5,045)
  • 619 spots since 2020 (#4,426#5,045)
  • 1,746 spots since 2015 (#3,299#5,045)
  • Biggest jump: 1,165 spots in 1976 (#2,134#969)
  • Biggest drop: 111 spots in 1981 (#836#947)
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1968
  • Peaked 1978 at #760 (123 births)
  • Births halved by 1986, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1976–1981
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,348
  • Highest: 1 in 13,348 boys born in 1978 were named Jameel (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 89,899 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 25.1% of all boys named Jameel (763) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s5#4,136 (1968)#4,136
1970s515#760 (1978)#2,015
1980s661#836 (1980)#1,250
1990s763#1,094 (1992)#1,399
2000s576#1,659 (2001)#2,134
2010s366#2,566 (2017)#3,152
2020s154#3,464 (2022)#4,202

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.

Jameel in 1968

boys
#4,136
5 births · 1 in 347,595 boys

Top boys' names in 1968

  1. #1Michael81,968
  2. #2David63,679
  3. #3John60,903
  4. #4James60,665
  5. #5Robert58,174
  6. #6William36,927
  7. #7Mark35,401
  8. #8Richard32,976
  9. #9Christopher31,468
  10. #10Brian29,922
  11. #4,136Jameel5
More about 1968

boys

1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 347,595 of them was named Jameel, which outranked 12.9% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jameel
  1. #3,673Yvan6
  2. #3,673Zeno6
  3. #3,673Zollie6
  4. #4,136Jameel5
  5. #4,136Abrahan5
  6. #4,136Achille5
  7. #4,136Achilles5

Tied with 610 names at #4,136; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. 649Dustin#1,018#369
  2. 567Damion#1,411#844
  3. 490Korey#1,388#898
  4. 434Darby#1,364#930
  5. 393Jamal#1,181#788
Fallers
  1. 926Illya#968#1,894
  2. 357Maury#925#1,282
  3. 298Cedrick#885#1,183
  4. 290Dell#875#1,165
  5. 257Faron#843#1,100

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

See the top 100 for 1968