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

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Peak · boys
1987 · 89 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
816
since 1972

Jamelle over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #2,974, 1948peak #1,004, 1987girlsboys
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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#9,7147
2024#10,9386
2023
2022
2021#10,7996
2020#9,5547
2019
2018#8,1549
2017#12,2465
2016#9,6647
2015#8,7448
2014#12,1085
2013#7,02611
2012#6,62612
2011#6,25613
2010#6,69812
2009#6,09514
2008#7,18711
2007#7,09411
2006#6,09413
2005
2004#8,9277
2003#7,8318
2002#7,0559
2001#7,5368
2000#6,8399
1999#8,7046
1998#8,4796
1997#6,1009
1996#7,1367
1995#11,7836#6,4078
1994#3,59618
1993#10,5887#4,44713
1992#13,3175#2,41230
1991#10,2717#2,54427
1990#11,4096#2,30830
1989#12,3625#2,06834
1988#9,2447#1,01393
1987#4,28319#1,00489
1986#5,45913#1,08874
1985#5,34813#2,35722
1984#6,29110#2,95615
1983#4,88414#2,91215
1982#4,71615#1,92928
1981#5,88511#3,85810
1980#5,91211#2,72917
1979#4,62615#3,01814
1978#4,24216#3,07013
1977#4,65214#5,1236
1976#6,0489#4,4187
1975#3,40420#4,3097
1974#4,45913#4,1907
1973#6,6667#3,6948
1972#4,30013#4,9865
1971#4,81011
1970#3,57717
1969#4,72310
1968#5,1478
1967#6,8045
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1963#5,8916
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1961#6,5675
1960#5,6966
1959#4,03110
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1955#4,0699
1954#5,1486
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1949#4,6736
1948#2,97412
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First appearance
1972

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.

See more about Jamelle
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1972
  • Peaked 1987 at #1,004 (89 births)
  • Births halved by 1989, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,584
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 48.7% of all boys named Jamelle (397) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1982
  • Mostly girls until 1981, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s67#3,018 (1979)#4,101
1980s397#1,004 (1987)#2,191
1990s154#2,308 (1990)#5,213
2000s90#6,094 (2006)#7,184
2010s82#6,256 (2011)#8,614
2020s26#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 1972

girls
#4,300
13 births · 1 in 117,019 girls
boys
#4,986
5 births · 1 in 324,322 boys

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #4,300Jamelle13

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #4,986Jamelle5
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 117,019 of them was named Jamelle, which outranked 55.5% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jamelle
  1. #4,091Yocheved14
  2. #4,091Yvetta14
  3. #4,091Zondra14
  4. #4,300Jamelle13
  5. #4,300Adelaide13
  6. #4,300Adrea13
  7. #4,300Alaine13
  8. #4,523Adell12
  9. #4,523Afi12
  10. #4,523Akilah12

Tied with 222 names at #4,300; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. 5,804Camisha#6,619#815
  2. 3,921Catina#4,123#202
  3. 1,842Cherilyn#2,665#823
  4. 1,789Chasity#2,542#753
  5. 1,694Keena#2,542#848
Fallers
  1. 517Shayla#836#1,353
  2. 428Raina#798#1,226
  3. 280Kendall#742#1,022
  4. 275Alycia#951#1,226
  5. 255Charisse#727#982

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

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 324,322 of them was named Jamelle, which outranked 13.3% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jamelle
  1. #4,441Zeyad6
  2. #4,441Zubin6
  3. #4,441Zvi6
  4. #4,986Jamelle5
  5. #4,986Aaric5
  6. #4,986Aasim5
  7. #4,986Abiel5

Tied with 765 names at #4,986; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. 2,755Demond#3,146#391
  2. 1,286Cade#2,279#993
  3. 905Vidal#1,526#621
  4. 855Damond#1,784#929
  5. 849Kareem#1,254#405
Fallers
  1. 413Rich#914#1,327
  2. 401Monroe#947#1,348
  3. 317Laura#990#1,307
  4. 309Von#976#1,285
  5. 309Westley#998#1,307

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

See the top 100 for 1972