Jamal Boy
How popular is Jamal?
#1,196 boy name in 2025
169 baby boys were named Jamal in the US in 2025, making it the 1196th most popular boy name.
Jamal popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,196 for boys (▼ 15 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 169 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-49% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #739 in 2015, #910 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1993 (1,245 boys) |
| Highest rank | #233 in 1993 |
| First recorded | 1946 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jamal counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jamal family of names ranked #783 for boys in 2025 (#743 the year before), with 297 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jamal | 169 | 57% |
| Jamil | 48 | 16% |
| Jamel | 46 | 15% |
| Jamell | 20 | 7% |
| Jamall | 7 | 2% |
| Jamelle | 7 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jamal is most popular
Babies named Jamal per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Jamal by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 11 | #3,172 |
| 1950s | 91 | #1,500 |
| 1960s | 558 | #479 |
| 1970s | 4,691 | #317 |
| 1980s | 7,187 | #237 |
| 1990s | 10,265 | #233 |
| 2000s | 5,898 | #346 |
| 2010s | 3,266 | #609 |
| 2020s | 1,268 | #868 |
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Questions
- Is Jamal a boy or girl name?
- Jamal is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jamal were boys.
- How popular is the name Jamal?
- 169 baby boys were named Jamal in the US in 2025, making it the 1196th most popular boy name.
- When was Jamal most popular?
- Jamal peaked in 1993, when 1,245 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #233 in 1993.
- How many people are named Jamal?
- 33,501 babies have been named Jamal in the US since 1880. We estimate about 32,152 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 33.
- Where is Jamal most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jamal was most common in Louisiana, at 0.3 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.