Jaamal — boys' name
81 babies named Jaamal in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
80% of everyone ever named Jaamal was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Jaamal in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jaamal
The Social Security Administration has registered 81 babies named Jaamal between 1978 and 1990, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jaamal currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaamal performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jaamal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jaamal in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 81 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jaamal at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jaamal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1978
- Peak year (1982)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
81 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 13 births in a single year.
Jaamal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 65 births that decade — 80% of Jaamal's all-time total
Jaamal decade highlights
- Peak decade 65 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jaamal's strongest decade
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 80% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1978–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.