Jahmal — #11120 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jahmal

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,211 babies named Jahmal between 1969 and 2024, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jahmal currently holds the #11120 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 41 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jahmal performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 327 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Jahmal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 118 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Jahmal in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jahmal 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 1,211 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.